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Re:micro – A Modern Alternative to nano by rascul on Friday August 18, 2023 @01:04PM (#37178654)
There were some Linux distros in decades past designed to run off of a couple floppies. I struggle to recall any names at the moment.
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Re:micro – A Modern Alternative to nano by cesarb on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:15PM (#37179839)
The classic one was "tomsrtbt" (http://www.toms.net/rb/).
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Re:micro – A Modern Alternative to nano by swozey on Friday August 18, 2023 @04:38PM (#37181771)
His homepage just brought me SO much nostalgia. Just needs spinning skulls and construction gifs. http://www.toms.net/

And dang he owns toms.net, nice.

His resume on here hasn't been updated since 2002. Looks like he started his career in 1987. This is an interesting looking resume. Tons of skills at the top, goals, Other. I suppose it's cover-lettery.

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Re:micro – A Modern Alternative to nano by kunwon1 on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:15PM (#37182215)
In 2005 I worked for a small radio shop. Firewall was running Coyote Linux, which booted off a single 3.5" floppy with write protect switched on.
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