"Per Backman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:44:12 +0000, Steven wrote:
>
> [...]
> >Linux + swap + X + wm + Netscape all fit on my 80meg HDD.
> >Why would I need a lot more?
> Well, if you find something interesting on the internet, where do you
store it?
>
> Personnally I found a lot of soviet jazz (1929-48), it takes up a lot of
space, I gather all information I can find about European film comedies from
the same time etc. etc. I do
> not use a SurvPC for this, but anyway, it is not hard to fill up a hard
disk.
Well, networking is native to Linux. If I collect several gigabytes worth of
files that I might want to use from more than one PC (we're already assuming
there's at least one other "non-Surv" PC out there) then why on earth
duplicate files on each?
Configure one system with a fat hard drive as a server, and access that
resource from the others. Minimal hardware, power consumption and heat on
the remotes, and concentrate disk space on the server.
I think the main point is that Linux is WELL suited to running on minimalist
hardware. I've heard from folks running a 386/33 with 8MB RAM and minimal
hard disk space.
BSD-derivatives are as well, as are many other OSen, no doubt. To say Linux
requires higher end hardware is incorrect.
- Bob
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