Re: [Sheflug] linux on an ageing laptop?

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

>     Craig> My, I'm sending a lot of replies today...
>     >> Minix should also work (but that's not free, AFAIK). However,
>     >> you might find installation not obvious and all sorts of nasty
>     >> things creeping up.
> 
>     Craig> Its not GPL, but it is open source.
> 
> Not as far as I know.  It's still no-commercial-use, so it does not
> comply with the OSD.  Has that changed?

Not that I am aware. Perhaps I should have said 'the source is
available'. Its a weird licence. You can do what you like with the source,
as long as you learn from it :)

Actually, the included C library means its not much cop for anything other
than hacking the kernel (which I suppose is all its meant for). Still, if
you want to know how a kernel works, and Linux 2.2.x scares you silly, its
a good reference.

Craig

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