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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@HopelessDemigod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HopelessDemigod</span></a></span> It's kinda an exercise on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FrugalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrugalComputing</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/minimalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimalism</span></a>.</p><p>Kinda going from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mkroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mkroot</span></a> and working towards building something that is actually useable and not just some EoL tool (i.e.<br> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tmsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tmsrtbt</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TomsRootBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomsRootBoot</span></a>) or a simple test of feasibility (i.e. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> which uses <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> instead of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>).</p><p>Imagine if we'd have OS/1337 in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a>?<br>Would not be as fast as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> but at least useable!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neingeist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neingeist</span></a></span> that being said there have been several <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BootFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootFloppy</span></a> if not <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a>-based <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros.</p><p>Besides <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tmsrtbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tmsrtbt</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TomsRootBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomsRootBoot</span></a>) and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppinux</span></a> there were <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BootFloppies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootFloppies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> and Floppy versions of older Linux distros.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@ncommander" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ncommander</span></a></span> even did use one of those installs (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> 1.1 from 55 (!!!) 1.440 kB Floppies.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GRLhVXYMk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=k6GRLhVXYM</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>For comparison, Office 4.2 cam on 40 - WITH (!) ClipArts and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> 3.11 on 4.</p>
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