nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> No, but you could always try a minimalist distro, like damnsmall Linux 
> or Puppy Linux:

> http://distrowatch.com/

> Are you willing to learn the ways of the command-line or user-level GUI?

  A minimalist linux distro (without fancy graphical user interfaces, etc)
can be made so small that you can put it into a bootable floppy, and boot
from it.

  In fact, some people do that with hardware firewalls which do not have
a hard drive (on purpose). Given that the floppy is write-protected, it's
impossible for a hacker to permanently hack the system (a simple reboot
is enough to kick any possible hacker off the system).

  (OTOH nowadays booting from a CD has mostly obsoleted booting from a
floppy. And the CD can have luxuries like X and other crap like that. :P )

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                                                          - Warp

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