Linux World / Network World 2006
Colin McGregor
colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Oct 21 15:08:09 UTC 2005
--- Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> >
> > We should tout choices as an *ADVANTAGE* of
> linux.
> >
> > - 1 size does not fit all. Imagine if you could
> buy only 1 model of car.
> > - floppy-based firewall/router distros
> > - small distros that boot and run off a
> 512-megabyte USB key
>
> I run Debian on a 26M compact flash card. Does that
> make debian count
> as a small distribution? :)
Compared to Coyote Linux which runs off one 1.44 MB
floppy diskette, a twenty-six MB distribution is HUGE
:-) .
Ok, so Coyote is NOT a general purpose solution and
can not be sold as such. Coyote is an excellent
firewall and not much else.
Colin McGregor
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