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-> > There was a "Basic Linux" site at one time that offered a bare
-> > bones Slack 8.1 install.
-> 
-> Seems to me that other distributions used to do simular but since the
-> popularity of the more Windows-like distributions hardcore minimalized
Linux's
-> have fallen by the wayside as far as readily availability is concerned.
-> 
-> > I _may_ get to that point one day.
-> 
-> No rush ... is there?
-> 
-> > Pondering a newer used box at 3.2 GHz for$120 U.S.
-> 
-> P4?  Sounds like a good investment.  The local guru is refurbishing a
mess of
-> those and is having great success selling them for under 200 Canadian.
-> Obviously a good idea in this current economy.

Same for the guy around the corner.
 
-> > MPlayer is unworkable for now.
-> 
-> It should work fine on there however if onboard graphics you might wish
to
-> alter that to a suitable graphics card.  Chances are good it has an agp 

Nope, it doesn't

slot
-> but if not then pci ought to be doable and improve the capabilty of that
system
-> with respect to video output.

GeForce Nvidia 128 was recommended by RAC Computers as I've two  open PCI
slots

Yup, I get that but the power supply here is a measly 145 watts.
Saw a replacement on ebay for $20 including shipping new.

 
-> > At 120 U.S. what's to complain about?
-> 
-> For sure.  That sounds great.  Also if you want to add sata and take
advantage
-> of the bigger, cheaper, and more flexible HD's that interface has to
offer than
-> there are some good pci cards that should work fine with that particular
-> system.  I found a couple very good candidates on a pci interface at
very
-> attractive prices.  Hotswapping works excellent.  :-)

I am looking forward to that.
BTW there's a female Linux guru out there that has already written
USB 3.0 support for Linux.

Pretty sure I bookmarked it but right now I've the onboard
video with a whopping 4 meg overloaded as is.
Every time I try to snag a look at the bookmarks
the system semi-hangs and becomes unresponsive - EXCESSIVELY slow.
 
-> > Anyway, currently this machine really wouldn't support it.
-> 
-> Bonus!  CD/DVD's etc. are a complete waste of time and money methinks.
There
-> are better ways of achieving the same results ESPECIALLY on older
hardware but
-> argueably better for the more recent advancements in hardware.  Anything
that
-> behaves more like a regular HD is always going to be superior to
CD/DVD's etc.

Guy on the corner has a new 40 Gig in the bag on sale, 
hope it's still there at the end of the week.
15 bucks.

-> > The initrd is the image file that sortsd out the hardware right?
-> 
-> Not really since that should be the kernel's job.  The initrd should
only
-> provide the basic enviroment needed to exploit the hardware the booted
kernel
-> can sort out.  

Some times I express myself poorly, that's more or less what I meant.
To the best of my still limited knowledge of Linux.

In Slackware's case the initrd is used to run the install
-> scripts but can be used to repair an already installed system if and
when
-> needed.  There is enough there to even do backups if needed. It can and
does
-> work but in my particular case I usually have to supply my own kernel. 
I don't
-> mind.

I recall editting lilo.conf manually to restore a dual boot ( both Linux)
system when the install script for the second version overwrote lilo.

I thought myself pretty ingenious at the time as I referenced nothing but
the lilo file itself, made all the right guesses, and off she
went booting either by choice once again.


-> > My only other interest is burning a Knoppix ISO because it
-> > supposedly has all the diagnostics and drivers to run most
-> > all systems.
-> 
-> It never stood a chance here even when I did bother with a CD-ROM. 
Their
-> kernel was too mainstream for anything I care to boot.  I obviously
never have
-> belonged to their target audience.  Same with Ubuntu and the like.

My uses for Knoppix ARE rather limited but I do have some uses for it.
For one thing it supports Google Earth's application and that's the 
correct ISO I've got on my third partition. 

-> > Says he makes much more servicing Windows boxes, because they foul
-> > up so much but would really prefer to only work on Linux.
-> 
-> I've been hearing that exact same statement for years now.  Speaking for
-> myself, I took the plunge over a decade ago now and have never had any
worrys
-> wrt getting anything decent working, including 486's as recent as last
year.

I only took the plunge three and a half years ago but a couple
of lifes little difficulties intruded.
 
-> I'm betting few others can say the same.
-> 
-> > I'll look for you at Minimal Linux
-> 
-> Excellent idea.  There is soon to be a change there although the
philosophy
-> will stay the same, as well as still be a source for everything
ttylinux.  

I do intend to look into that.
I happened to remember my password and user name there, after only logging
on a couple of times 2 1/2 years ago.


By
-> the end of the summer I am hoping that the minimalinux part will be
getting
-> better coverage.  I am optimistic that it will and others may find it
useful.

I expect I will.
The more I learn the less I like about the GUI environment pf
KDE, plus it''s written in C++ which I never liked.
C came much more naturally to me.

Thanks for taking the time with a virtual novice
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