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

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In article <oMmdnfdjF7R63x7SnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@supernews.com>,
Richard Owlett  <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:

>Any useful pointers?

I have been enjoying using Tiny Core Linux lately:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/welcome.html

It's very different from all other distros I've found.  It runs
entirely from RAM, mounting a new loopback device for each package
you have installed.  Each time you boot it effectively reinstalls, but
it will store state on disk when you tell it to.

I have it on a couple of old Wyse Winterms I was given.  The 400MHz,
256Mb RAM one boots in well under 30 seconds.

There is a package database and manager -- minimalist, since each
package is a single file.

Whether it's Forth-ish is in the eye of the beholder, but it is a
fresh approach.

Have fun,

Robert.
-- 
Robert Swan		| No, not the antarctic adventurer.
swan.r.l@gmail.com	| No, not the Canberra porn monger.
			| Yes, that's right, the boring one.

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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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