Try doing that with any other non-Unix operating system. It's amazing how flexible the whole operating system is. You can prune the kernel to the point where an entire Linux system is contained on a floppy, which you can boot into at your leisure. Now that's power. The most common complaint I've heard against Linux is a perceived lack of applications.
Many people fear that in using Linux, they lose their favorite applications.
This was true several years ago, but now that Linux has switched to hyperdrive, applications are popping up like weeds. For example, I'm writing this article in WordPerfect beta 8.0, which will be released for free in November 1998. At the same time, I'm browsing the Web with Netscape Communicator 4.5. There are some pretty strong indications that Lotus will be porting its Notes and SmartSuite packages to Linux soon. For Webmasters, Linux may be the ultimate tool.