On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 17:36 -0700, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > > >Wayne said: > > > >Now that you mentioned this great idea of putting > > > together a minimalist >distro, has anyone ever > > > thought about Milax? I have only taken a short cut > > > and >tried to install it in VirtualBox, but have > > not > > > succeeded. Has anyone >successfully installed and > > run > > > Firefox 3.6.6 and OpenOffice.org 3.2 in Milax? > > >The > > > website seems to indicate that we can run SVR4 and > > > IPS packages in Milax? > > > --------------- > > > > > > Milax and EON are minimalist (aka 'mini-me' > > distros) > > > or appliance-based distros. You also have > > server-type > > > distros like Schillix which against are > > minimalists > > > (i.e. usually don't come with the higher-level > > > packages to support general desktop > > > graphics/applications - or a condensed set of > > > packages for specifc purposes. > > > > > > Belenix, StormOS, Korona, and Jaris are a > > > general-purpose desktop-oriented Live CD/DVD > > > distributions. I didn't say they have everything > > > you'll need, but good starting points if you want > > a > > > desktop-oriented distribution. This gets into > > > graphics, CAD/CAM, Music/audio apps, etc. Think > > Mac > > > OS X. > > > > > > Otherwise, you'll want a server-oriented > > distribution > > > that just has what you need to run most of the > > > popular server-based applications. > > > > > > Otherwise, Oracle is providing us with the kernel > > and > > > core environment updates and we still have OSOL > > > 2009.06, OSOL 2010.03-b134, and Sol10u8 available. > > > > > > Whether you have VMWare, Xen, > > Virtuozzo/vzServer,VBox > > > or something else it just boils down to having the > > > right tool for the job. > > > > > > ~ Ken Mays > > > > It is very inappropriate for me to comment on the > > various OpenSolaris distros because I haven't tried > > any of them recently. > > > > That said, I mentioned Milax more than a few times > > because I remember I read somewhere that one can cold > > boot an installed Milax to its graphic mode in about > > ten seconds. I have only tried the Milax LiveCD on > > VirtualBox, and OMG, this sucker is FAST! Even > > faster than Ubuntu. > > > > Again, the reason I specifically commented on Milax > > was because Katy's husband mentioned a "minimalist > > OpenSolaris distro" which, as I hope, can serve as > > the framework for a Solaris-based business desktop. > > This is something that I have been hoping for some > > time. > > Since I started this fork, I probably also need to mention that it is quite > straightforward to install Milax. > > The LiveCD is only ~90 MB in size. To install it after you booting from the > LiveCD, you only need to open a root terminal (see the attached screenshot > which shows running Milax in VirtualBox), then, as Alex described, enter the > following command: > > zfsinstall > > The installation takes no more than a couple of minutes. The boot time I > measured was about 25 seconds, as opposed to the 14 seconds advertised by > Alex ( :-) ). This is VBox time, usually on SSD drive it's 14-16 seconds..
> Again, I am sure everyone is aware that this is only a bare-bone Solaris, > but it automatically boots into graphical mode. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing > list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- ::alhazred _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
