I noticed that the second article was published last August, but responded to by Greg Laden yesterday, while his article was published yesterday.
Looks pretty interesting (the second article), and worth trying out, to build knowledge on building a minimal installation. --Don Ellis On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/i_shall_build_it_and_i_shall_c.php > > http://maketecheasier.com/easily-create-a-custom-lightweight-desktop-environment/2010/08/10/ > > TL;DR > > Mr. Laden wants a setup where he has emacs and a browser boot up on > start up. He finds that Ubuntu is a little too much on his small > laptop (I take this to mean a netbook). > He wants no other software on bootup except a wireless connect. > > His request is interesting, but so is the second article and the > subsequent back and forth in the comments. > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
