Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> Hello Hans,
>
>>>>> But also much bigger. Having an ubuntu/context (vmware) image is not hard
>>>>> to
>>>>> create, but it will take something like 2 gig. Nice idea, though.
>> so much?
>
> With a lot of effort one could cut it down a bit. The problem is that
> there is no way to get a minimal ubuntu/gnome desktop, only the
> regular one with all kinds of software (open office etc.) pre
> installed. You can remove this software, but I don't know how far to
> go. It takes some time experimenting. I've played around with this
> quite a bit and I always get about 2 gig of disk space. Without java,
> this could be 1.5 or so. Installing such a vm (vmware based) takes
> about 10-20 minutes, including all vmware hacks. So this is the
> smallest part.
aren't there those tiny linuxes of some 50 meg ?
Hans
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