Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a straight answer please

[Tom Brinkman]

On Friday 29 December 2000 04:41 am, David and Alicia wrote:
> ok, here is the real question: why do people try running linux?, the
> impression i had gathered was that it was a lighter os and could be
> used on older machines, (i386 etc). I was a little dismayed when i
> saw the download size. How much disk space will a bare install need?
 
    From zero (you can run Linux on a floppy) to as much as you care to 
let it have.  Keep in mind that only the kernel is Linux, everything 
else is (GNU) applications and the various configs, libraries, etc, 
that they need.   Read /. and you'll hear of people running Linux on a 
wristwatch ;)
-- 
Tom Brinkman       [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Galveston Bay