On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:01:08 -0500 Justin P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
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(B> I would love to help out with this idea. I am new at this development
(B> thing, so I won't be able to give much in the way of guidance but would
(B> gladly be an indian and listen and do what the chiefs suggest.
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(Bwell at this stage it's probably a question of - either if we make it compatible
(Bwith a dist - example, make it based on debian and use .deb's then it will just
(Bbe a specific fork of debian's base and we can apt-get install the rest. do we
(Bbuild off RH/fedora? or mandrake? or do we simply examine dists and "DIY"
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(Bpersonally i'd DIY to meet the goals of making it ultra-small and ultra-fast to
(Bboot.
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(B> Justin
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(B> On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 20:23, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
(B> > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:54:07 -0600 Ibukun Olumuyiwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(B> > babbled:
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(B> > > Hmm...I didn't realize this discussion was already brewing on e-users. I
(B> > > am very interested at this point in creating an E-based distro/liveCD --
(B> > > mostly out of frustration working with the various retarded Unix WMs I
(B> >
(B> > there's also undeadlinux that tries to be this - i know very little about it
(B> > - so i don't know if its alive, dead, how good etc.
(B> >
(B> > > have to use at work. At this point the tentative plan is to take
(B> > > MandrakeMove (I chose it over Knoppix because it has better/more
(B> > > user-friendly administration tools) and strip it down to a bare minimum,
(B> > > then tack on the E suite and add a few absolutely necessary packages, and
(B> > > finish off with a nice graphical bootup that hands over to Entrance. If
(B> > > there is sufficient support for this I'll start up a new project on SF to
(B> > > begin. Proposed codename is Eunuchs (pronounced "Unix", of course).
(B> > > Because everyone knows I'm a genius when it comes to naming projects. :)
(B> >
(B> > not sure i like enuchs... but... hehehehe :) first i like this idea - but
(B> > we'd need REAL dedication to this. doing a dist - of any size is a LOT of
(B> > work. and i see us having 2 issues here. we have a CD "live" dist and an
(B> > installed dist - they can share a lot in common - in fatc i'd love to see a
(B> > live dist where one option after it has booted is "install me" as a
(B> > menu/app/button etc. the problem with building on a dist and stripping it
(B> > down is that you inherit its cruft - no matter how far you strip.
(B> >
(B> > personally i'd look agt WHAT the dists do to run well and then do it again
(B> > "from scratch". that'd be how i would do it. you will make a MUCh leaner
(B> > dist and actually understand every component and know why it is there and
(B> > exactly what it does. in all honesty this isnt as hard as it sounds...
(B> >
(B> > > --
(B> > >
(B> > > Ibukun Olumuyiwa
(B> > > http://xcomputerman.com
(B> > >
(B> > > "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
(B> > > getting get understanding." - Proverbs 4:7
(B> >
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