I am then thinking in the way of what Microsoft is doing for drivers. They have a specific place on the net where you can get the most up-to-date drivers, and I think that would be a good thing also for mandrake or linux in general. It should be easy to use, just like microsofts facility, so maybe it is something with distributed services and selecting the "best" as discussed previously.
For the quirqs and bells and whistles, this could also be an online repository for laptops. Meaning that if you had specific requests there then small scripts could be available. But in general I think that specific items for specific laptops is just like all other specific things like drivers for different hardware, or software for specific purposes. They should just be part of the normal Mandrake installation process via drakx/rpmdrake/urpmi. No need to complicate this with specific distributions. You risk that some components from some packages do not work together with other components from other packages. Better that they all work together and you can pick and chose. Then maybe you should be recommended specific choices like "internet station" etc. Keld On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 10:25:07AM -0800, SI Reasoning wrote: > I was thinking of something a bit more scaled back, > with maybe contribs offering more extravagent > offerings. I just know that there are a few tweaks > specific to each laptop, vanilla tweaks like extra > keys, workarounds for things like apic, stuff like > that. This would make it easy to have the laptop > running with the core expected basics working > properly. > > Maybe if Mandrake had a laptop specific page then > people could share their .config files for those who > wish to compile an optimised kernel, and things such > as that. Maybe even offer auto-install disks that can > be downloaded for optimised quick and easy installs > for newbies. They could be like themes... > > --- Levi Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri Mar 08 13:39 +0100, Keld J?rn Simonsen wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 05:40:49AM -0500, Levi > > Ramsey wrote: > > > > On Fri Mar 08 17:44 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > > > > > A laptop-i-fied distro is also an idea I've > > toyed with. You could put a > > > > few packages that might enhance network client > > use, while not putting > > > > servers besides an mta, maybe minimal apache. > > Replace some more server > > > > oriented modules with things like wireless lan > > out of the box. > > > > > > I am not sure what you mean here. My laptop is > > faster and has more > > > memory than my stationary, and I use it as a > > travelling server. > > > I would regret if Mandrakes laptop edition was not > > supporting > > > full server capabilities. > > > > In which case, since the laptop and desktop versions > > would only differ > > in some configuration details (like how the kernel > > was compiled) and > > which packages make the CDs, the hypothetical 9.0 > > Desktop and 9.0 Laptop > > (and in theory, the 9.0 Server, though there could > > be more room for > > differences there...) would be effectively the same > > distribution. So > > you could snag the server rpms from Cooker (or from > > desktop CD's) and > > install those. > > > > There is no intrinsic reason why a Portable Edition > > couldn't have > > servers. But there's a finite number of packages > > which can be squeezed > > on to 2-3 CDs. There are probably a good number of > > packages in contrib > > that are marginally useful on a desktop (and so are > > not high priority > > and get relegated to the 3rd CD or not included), > > but are very useful on > > a laptop. Conversely, in general, I would assume > > that very few laptops > > are running bind or dhcp server. > > > > -- > > Levi Ramsey > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When it comes down to desperation, > > You make the best of your situation. > > Linux 2.4.17-20mdk > > 8:01am up 10 days, 17:43, 16 users, load > > average: 0.37, 0.27, 0.21 > > > > > ===== > SI Reasoning > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps > the creator alive. > > -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/
