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Just thought I would post this interesting little fact...

Just for kicks, I decided to install the entire Slackware distribution on
my /hdb1 partition (1.2 gigs in size)... and what I mean by that is, I
used no prompting, and no tagfiles... I installed EVERYTHING!

I was surprised to find that the entire distribution only took up about
225 Mb of disk space!  Considering what you get with slackware, that is
amazingly tiny!  The MS equivalent could easily be double that amount!

Just blabbin'. :)
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: Just thought I would post this interesting little fact...

: Just for kicks, I decided to install the entire Slackware distribution on
: my /hdb1 partition (1.2 gigs in size)... and what I mean by that is, I
: used no prompting, and no tagfiles... I installed EVERYTHING!

: I was surprised to find that the entire distribution only took up about
: 225 Mb of disk space!  Considering what you get with slackware, that is
: amazingly tiny!  The MS equivalent could easily be double that amount!

That's about right.  I have three 500MB partitions for Linux and one
64MB swap partition.  Each time I install a full slackware, the root
partition is about 45% full after installation.  At work, we have 1GB
drives for HP-UX, and without the addition of the GNU toolset, the
root partition on the workstations is about 55-60% full (over 500MB),
including the Softbench system software.

My MS-DOS partitions include a 300MB C:, 300MB D:, and 200MB E: drives.
the tow 300MB drives are there to hold all the compilers and utilities
one buys for DOS / Windows.  Things like Borland C++ (85MB), Corel Draw
(40-50MB), Office Professional (45-50 MB), etc. add up fast.
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: Just for kicks, I decided to install the entire Slackware distribution on
: my /hdb1 partition (1.2 gigs in size)... and what I mean by that is, I
: used no prompting, and no tagfiles... I installed EVERYTHING!

: I was surprised to find that the entire distribution only took up about
: 225 Mb of disk space!  Considering what you get with slackware, that is
: amazingly tiny!  The MS equivalent could easily be double that amount!

I bet it would overflow a 5 GB hard drive if Mega$low developed it,
instead of the 225 MB.
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