Tiny server?

[John Summerfield]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> max wrote:
> 
>>> But I don't really see the need for a small linux today.
>>> (I tried Damn Small Linux on a small USB stick some time ago,
>>> and wasn't too happy with it.)
>>> It seems to me any new machine allows enough RAM today for anything
>>> I'm likely to do,
>>> and 4GB or even 8GB USB sticks seem cheap enough.
> 
>> I 'll say it again just cause....
>>
>> www.freenas.org
>>
>> its unix not linux but so what.
> 
> To repeat myself, too:
> The selling point of freenas seems to be that it only needs 32MB.

Small download.

> But can one actually get a memory card or hard disk that small?

I think my mate William has some. Maybe 64 Mbyte; they use to be expensive.

> What actually is the point of cutting down to that extent?

Leaves free space for other stuff.

> Will it save energy?

Probably not.

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