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Re: [Sheflug] Hard Disks, Partitioning and Distrubutions!

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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:50:24 +0100
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On Friday 23 August 2002 14:38, Chris J exclaimed:
> Slackware ... latest is 8.1 ... it's about as simple as a distribution
> gets, and is still going strong. You should be able to get a base install

Slackware 8.1 CD edition is on the front of the September Linux format if you 
don't want to download it :)

> I'm sure there are other less well known ones out there as well that could
> do the job as well :)

Mandrake 8.2 does a 50Mb minimal install, which you can then expand using 
urpmi, which is kind of like apt-get for RPM. Nifty stuff.

Craig
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