On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:03 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what I would really like to see is for OLPC to not just release the > snapshots, but to have a way for developers to get the rest of the build > environment, complete with either the scripts, or command logs of what is > done to go from the fedora build to the OLPC build. (This may already be > available and I just don't know where to look)
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pilgrim http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Building_custom_images > I would then like to see someone maintain another base-level distro that can > run on the OLPC, but not be based on Sugar so that people who want a normal > distro can use one, and also so that various performance and usability > issues can be identified as being caused by the software vs being caused by > the limited hardware. there have been a few people who have made single-shot > builds, but AFAIK nobody has maintained/improved the image after the initial > 'here, see, it boots' announcement Partly this is because, once you have a traditional system in place and booting, you can use the package manager on that system to keep it continually up-to-date, so (IMO) there's no much need for me to keep re-releasing http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_Debian_as_an_upgrade (for example). Red Hat developers used to routinely run "full Fedora" on the machines, but the very limited NAND space make this a tricky proposition, unless you plan on running on an external SD card. I did create a full Edubuntu installation on an SD card, but the result wasn't what I'd call "child-friendly", mostly due to lack of a good activity chooser. As Martin points out, what's really been missing is a dedicated maintainer. Perhaps this is because (a) it's pretty easy to get started & put a new distro on, but (b) it's really really hard to make something which will satisfy all those who want a non-Sugar distro. --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel