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Volker Kuhlmann schreef: > On Thu 10 May 2007 05:23:24 NZST +1200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > >> We'd like to discuss the following topics tomorrow. Please send your >> comments and suggestions as usual so that I can represent them. > >> * Smaller systems - what can be done? >> >> Goal: A system with 128 MB of space. >> >> Challenges are especially: >> * Languages and localization >> * documentation - > some packages have documentation split up already >> * theming -> some packages will be split up so that only one theme is >> in a package. > > Are you talking about 128MB of *disk* space or *RAM* space? Please make > and keep this distinction clear! > > What is the intended/envisaged use of such an installation / system? > > Do you think a small system which has only 128MB of software storage > space (hard disk, flash card, ...) has >=256MB of RAM to run SUSE > version-any on? > > Obviously (to me) we're not talking about a desktop system here, there > are none with only 128MB of program storage. So what's the point of a > distro which needs twice as much RAM as it does disk space to even > install? Obviously: no install -> distro is phhhhhhhhht. > > Are you thinking people might install on a big computer, then transplant > 128MB of storage space into something small? Do gnome, KDE, or languages > in this situation have any relevance whatsoever? > > Why put effort into saving (say) 200MB of disk space when the smallest > disk on the market is 40-80GB? > > I have a commercial application for a small control system running > Linux. Must have: kernel, networking, services (web, ftp, ssh, ...), > basic package management. Of total non-interest: GUIs, desktop software > (no keyboard or mouse attached), languages (users see none of this > anyway). Similarly for small servers, firewalls, whatever people can > hack up. I'm pretty sure there are quite a few of these applications > around, and they will stay firmly Debian. How much stuff SUSE does or > does not install on disk is a non-issue when the installer hangs by its > neck with a black screen half way through its own startup. > > Volker It is true, that if one wants to have a small and stable system, fully functional, with a minimal windowmanager, one ends up with Debian (sarge), which still has a base from 300MB, without x-server. 48MB, for an overcomplete OS, (DSL), when one does like cmd... KDE or GNOME, are not usable for these kind of systems. En indeed 128MB Ram or Diskspace? - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-03-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systeem: openSUSE 10.2 (X86-64) KDE: 3.5.5 "release 45.4" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQvidX5/X5X6LpDgRAnD7AKDUCdZ7XM0COCFXe2d0iUFbKwmDPACg0xqN A8AUoFnHKsFT1icdtkc2lDI= =KxF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
