http://four.fsphost.com/gradgrind/dev3A/larch_intro.html
I use arch for laptop and servers (except i586 where slackware still kicks ass), but my live-cd of choice is Slax. I even burnt it on several cd-r discs and shared with my win32 coworkers - they were really impressed and changed their POV to linux as desktop system On 3/14/07, Callan Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, I remembered about larch straight after I sent the email.. I didn't know it could create install cds as well though. I'm sure that would be a great plus. On 3/14/07, Stalwart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's toolkit released for making Arch live/install cds - it's called larch > > > On 3/14/07, Callan Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As much as I like Debian/Ubuntu I'd second Arch as well. It provides > > all the tools required for compilation as a base, it would take a few > > minutes to create some sort of suckless-tools dummy package, has a > > simple and fairly vanilla configuration base and it has every > > application you've listed to be installed by default in its > > repositories. The only thing I see taking a while is a new > > livecd/install cd, but it couldn't be any harder than creating a new > > Ubuntu one. > > > > On 3/14/07, Stalwart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Slackware (and its forks), Crux (and its forks including ArchLinux) > > > and source-based distros (gentoo, smgl) rule because they're simple > > > (well, except gentoo). Debian is too automated and has (imho) too much > > > strange scripts. ArchLinux minimal install is ~100Mb, but full > > > dwm-environment can be <250Mb. Same with slack > > > > > > > > > On 3/14/07, Michael Muster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I, don't see a reason why it is necessary to start a new distribution. > > > > If you install a minimal debian by selecting nothing when tasksel > > > > asks, you get a minimal system where everyone can install what he/she > > > > wants. > > > > For an minimal dwm-system an > > > > aptitude install x-window-system-core and a few > > > > x-libs to compile dwm should work. > > > > Perhaps add build-essential, xterm, and an editor and the system is > > > > ready for use. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Callan Barrett > > > > > > -- Callan Barrett
