On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > Hmm, interesting idea... Maybe I'll try to do something in this > direction ;)
It's been done. I had heard that there is/was a Linux distro (was it Yellowdog?) that would install a "build kit" and then compile the entire distro for your hardware as part of the "OS install". This, IMHO would be a perfectly viable way for Linux distros to distribute things like Mplayer. Anything that can benefit even somewhat significantly from being built for the native processor could use this mechanism. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
