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

Date	2012-04-09 20:11 -0500
From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Does a LINUX distro with a Forth-ish "world view" exist
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Spam@ControlQ.com wrote:
>
>
> 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'll look into it. One of the pages about FreeNAS had said 
it favorable things to say about ease of customization.

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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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