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OSNews: MiniSlack: A Noteworthy Linux Distribution

“I chose Minislack because of the low requirements (running fine
on my Pentium II–400 MHz with 256 Mb RAM, 32 Mb swap, on a 1.5 Gb
harddrive partition–I recommend 2 Gb, though).

“Minislack is Slackware based. It doesn’t come with fancy
configuration tools–instead you get to learn Linux fundamentals.
Learning curve is a bit steeper, but perhaps it is ‘healthier’ to
learn Linux instead of learning a special distro’s configuration
tool (that’s my opinion)…”

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Distributions, August 24, 2004
(Aug 25, 2004)

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