On 5 Aug 2001, at 13:51, Matthew Davidson wrote:
> > Really what's needed is a stripped-down Debian-based distro for hardware > reuse projects, with virtual packages like 'task-textnet' or > 'task-xterminalserver'. If anybody out there wants to co-operate on > assembling this, I'm in. Hi Matthew: Yes this is more what I was thinking. A lot of these older machines are limited in harddrive and memory so usefullness for workstation and web browsing isn't practical. I was thinking more of a learning station with heavy tutorial to learn about computer and debian. Maybe throw in some games to keep interest alive. The base install has a bland xwindow interface. Could this be used for a beginning xwindow config? Could one then use this for some games and perhaps a lite window? ( In fact I would think this would be a solution as far as a debian install for us newbies. Most new users couldn't care about using the upper limit of our devices. That would be a concern for later. If Linux's could be installable on a 386 or 486 with game possibility on initial install (that is base install) this would give everyone a beginning with which to delve farther into the world of Linux. In my opinion this is why ms is so popular. After all, take a look at all the books published on all the various ms products. One isn't an expert on them, you have to learn. Yet one is able to have a working computer that one can get work done frome day one (ie play a game). Sure ms requires device makers to have drivers that work with their os so they work on installation which allows them to recognize and utilize most devices from the get-go. But Debian has excellent upgrading possibilities through dselect, apt-get, dpkg, and the various configuation files. That doesn't mean that for those who want to further configure can't during install, but if one could have a working 386 or 486 xwindow with say a couple of card games for a default installation this should cover any computer made. After all, the install is now using superprobe, All that is needed is a mouse configuation which for the majority of systems needs either serial (ttyS0 or ttyS1) or ps2 (paux). And like Mr Self advises, don't load up a lot of packages. but rather start with a base install and learn about a package before installing. Easy enough to just terminate that portion of it. But what is needed are instruction and manuals of base install and list of what is offered for downloading. Whoa guess I need to get off the soap box, sorry. Dean > > Matthew. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Industrial Workers of the World - http://www.iww.org > -------------- Join the One Big Union! --------------- > ------------------------------------------------------ > Software should not have owners - http://www.gnu.org > ---- Use Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org ---- > ------------------------------------------------------ > ----- Parramatta Computer Access Network (PCAN) ------ > ------------- http://www.cat.org.au/pcan ------------- > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
