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what's better than linux?

#1 User is offline   trilliansucks 

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Posted 21 September 2003 - 02:45 PM

Why small linux of course:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

50 megs small... will run off a 64 meg USB keychain device smile
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#2 User is offline   Mr.Guvernment 

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Posted 28 September 2003 - 11:08 PM

there were a few previous versions of linux i beleive that would run off a floppy disk i beleive (v5 or something?) - they were used as firewall boxes and such. - i was going to do one myself but never got around to it.
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#3 User is offline   Cynan 

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Posted 28 September 2003 - 11:35 PM

muLinux, LOAF, Trinux, all one single floppy disk versions of Linux.. and there are more out there.
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Posted 29 September 2003 - 06:34 PM

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Why small linux of course:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

50 megs small... will run off a 64 meg USB keychain device smile


does it have a graphical interface??
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#5 User is offline   Mr.Guvernment 

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Posted 02 October 2003 - 07:55 PM

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muLinux, LOAF, Trinux, all one single floppy disk versions of Linux.. and there are more out there.


Do you have any experience with them? are they any good or worth using?
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#6 User is offline   Cynan 

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Posted 04 October 2003 - 04:19 PM

I've used muLinux before as I wanted something really small that would let me test out a few bash scripts. Installing anything else would have been overkill for that. It's actually very good and I would recommend it.

I've used Trinux as well. It has all of the favourite network utilities, such as nmap, so it's great if you want to check for security holes on a network that still have floppy drive access.

--Cynan.
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#7 User is offline   adamvjackson 

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Posted 12 October 2003 - 07:44 AM

Bootable CDs (ala Knoppix) are another option, some can save config files to either a floppy or USB flash drive, so that's an option too.

Plug for Knoppix here, and it's spin-offs:

ClusterKnoppix
Knoppix STD (Intrusion detection, etc.)
KnoppixMAME

Also, Movix looks neat too.
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