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You don't need the size, so just buy a 486 and a domain name (cypherpunks.org?). Then, hire a CP hacker to Linuxize the 486, slip/ppp it to some provider, and hook-up premail et al. Anyone selling Linux support contracts yet?
Ironically, about 2 hours before I read this message I decided to go that route - I'm going to be doing some consulting (installing a couple PowerMacs and the software on them) and my buddy who is subcontracting the Mac work to me is willing to pay me in trade so I am getting a 486DX-25 with a 120 meg drive hodgepodged out of his spare parts. I want to run linux on this beast and would like some suggestions from the list - which of the linux CDs do you recommend? I want to have full network services running on it. I need a minimum of POP3/SMTP (my Duo will be grabbing my mail using StarNine's PT-Inet gateway), a web server, NNTP, ftp, all the good stuff. I'm completely unfamiliar with linux other than hearing people rave about it. I do have a moderate amount of Unix experience though, as I used to have a BBS running on an AT&T Unix PC and also administered an AT&T 6300 running Xenix. This was all a long time ago though - both machines were brand new and just introduced on the market when I got my hands on them. Since then, I've just been a user, no root access anywhere. Thanks, Joe Block jpb@gate.net Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. -- Thomas Paine