Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! Hi Folks, On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:56:18 -0500 (EST) ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! > > There is also a "mini" distro called Basic Linux put together by a > contributor to the old Arachne mailing list which is designed to run on > old computers with DOS. Lots of help available through their archived > mailing list. I was able to get it up and running on an old 386 with > no previous Linux experience or knowledge. Basic Linux is a great learning > platform to teach you the basics if you have a DOS backgroound. > Google takes you there. Or go directly to: http://www.basiclinux.com.ru/ I use a much-tweaked and added-to version every day. > Udo Kuhnt said: > > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! > > > > Hi L.D., > > > > if you want to learn how to use Linux, and do not want to buy a > > bakery just because you want to eat a cake, I would recommend you get > > DOSLinux, or LoopLinux, as it is called now. It is a minimal Linux that > > starts out very small (23 MB), but can be extended by downloading > > packages from the Internet. And the first level download of BasicLinux is only about 3 MB. Regards, Ron -- Ron Clarke AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com Tadpole Tunes http://www.tadpoletunes.com This mail sent to you from sylpheed running on penguin-power Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --