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|    Maurice Kinal to Kai Richter    |
|    A Terminal and a Manual    |
|    21 Oct 19 21:18:47    |
      REPLY: 2:240/77 5dadaab4       MSGID: 2:280/464.113 5dae20b7       CHRS: UTF-8 4       Hallo Kai!               KR> a basic shell system of 300-400MB where you can install your        KR> server on top.              I seriously doubt the above contains gcc and friends which as of gcc-9.2.0       takes up 455MB for the basic toolchain which in my humble guesstimation is the       bare bones minimum to call a linux-gnu shell enviroment. Without gcc and       friends the above is only a toy and doesn't even rate calling a evaluation       system given the lack of development tools. Anything that cannot take care of       itself isn't worth booting in the first place.               KR> From scratch is a far longer journey but you'll learn many        KR> insides of the system.              Which is what was asked for in the initial enquiry. I'd argue that it is a       worthwhile document just for reading but if and when followed will provide one       with the best possible system with whatever additional sources one adds to it.              Het leven is goed,       Maurice              ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.       --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)        * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 103/705 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/354 426       SEEN-BY: 229/452 616 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250 5020/545       PATH: 280/464 229/426           |
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