Updated by FastRunner on Saturday, March 24th 2007.
BasicLinux is a mini-version of Linux that boots from HD, FD or CDrom and runs in a 4meg ramdisk. It was assembled mostly from bits and pieces of Slackware 3.5. BasicLinux contains the powerful bash shell, the easy pico editor, and a variety of useful utilities. With BasicLinux you can dial your ISP and browse the web; or use telnet, ftp or fetchmail. BasicLinux happily networks via ethernet, parallel port, or serial port. You can even use it as a router/firewall.
I really have been enjoying Basiclinux. I started out using it in Ram mode but later installed it on my laptops hard drive. Everything went fairly smooth, considering that I am fairly new to Linux and setting up an OS. The fellow who created BL (Steven) has been really helpful with all my questions. You start out small and you can add to it..... For someone just getting his feet wet, it has been a fantastic learning experience.
Cheers-
Neil T.