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Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist

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On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Richard Owlett wrote:

> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:13:20 -0500
> From: Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
> Subject: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist
> 
> _*NOT*_ asking for a Linux written in Forth!
>
> The key feature of the mindset would be emphasis on factoring.
>
> I wish to only acquire desired modules from the start.
> What I've found so far are two unacceptable options:
> 1. download bloated system and then 'unload' extraneous modules
> 2. download a so called "live edition" which may be smaller, but wants to
>    load itself into a RAM disk.


There are several minimalist distros of Linux, but you might prefer the 
NanoBSD version of FreeBSD, used as the basis of pfSense, and FreeNAS. 
Simple to create a custom mini kernel, and put only the binaries you want 
onto the boot media (CF/SD/.ISO/and maybe floppy still).

HTH,
Rob.


>
> I don't perceive any need for the typical "Desktop Environment" such as
> Gnome/KDE/etc. They all seem to automatically pull in "must have ;/" modules
> of no interest or which I actively do not want.
>
> I do wish it to be capable of pulling in precompiled modules from a 
> relatively
> standard repository such as Debian/Slackware/etc.
>
> Any useful pointers?
> TIA
>
> P.S. family and friends have considered my ideas weird for >50 years ;/
>
>

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Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-04-09 15:13 -0500
  Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Spam@ControlQ.com - 2012-04-09 16:25 -0400
    Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-04-09 20:11 -0500
      Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Spam@ControlQ.com - 2012-04-10 17:14 -0400
  Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-09 13:36 -0700
    Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-04-09 22:01 -0500
    Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-10 11:06 -0400
      Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist "Harry Vaderchi" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2012-04-10 21:14 +0100
  Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2012-04-09 23:01 +0100
    Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-04-09 22:06 -0500
  Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-09 18:45 -0700
  Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist "Robert Swan" swan.r.l@gmail.com - 2012-04-11 09:56 +1000
    Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist hohensee <rick_hohensee@email.com> - 2012-04-13 17:48 -0700

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