> Recently, Slashdot had a write up about SGL.  It installs from the source
> code of the various packages so that you can customize and optimize it to
> work most efficiently on your hardware.  It starts with the initial install,
> by asking you questions about what you plan to use your system for, hardware
> info about your system and such, then it compiles the kernel based on this
> info.  Then when you cast spells (their terms for adding packages, IIRC), it
> downloads the source and compiles it specifically for your system.  Hope
> that helps.

> BTW, the official site for Sorcerer is http://sorcerer.wox.org .

> Dean
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Thanks for the lead, I will browse that web site.  There would have to be some
binary Linux installation to begin with, in order to compile the kernel and
packages.  I will be looking for details on various things including how it 
knows where to download from, CD or ftp or WWW site.

I browsed the Web site, see it's a 91 MB bziped ISO, requires i586 or better
with 8 GB disk space and 1 GB RAM + swap, prefers Athlon and two 30 GB hard
disks, one mirroring the other.

-- Tom Mueller

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