On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Rajko M wrote: > jdd wrote: > > Rajko M wrote: > >> The point was on "base for ideas". > >> Look MicroSUSE "To do" list, it seems to be the right thing for > >> underpowered systems. Todays embedded system has power of yesterdays PC. > >> So there will be a well of ideas how to shrink standard SUSE. > > > > embedded are ROM, thus no install :-) > >> The size that I look for is more large Mini than real Micro :-) > > > > the first idea is to have a very minimal system installed (text mode > > with yast). > > > > once passed the install problem, it could be possible to find a way to > > install every wanted thing. Xfce is a very good candidate. but even kde > > works > > > > we can sometime afford to be slow, the install problem is that it don't > > install at all :-( ... > I really don't want to go from scratch with MicroSUSE, not for this > project. What I have in mind is the same as you, to analyze installation > and see if it can work with lesser memory. It has to, if Knoppix can run > on 96MB, SUSE must be able to install and run even from lesser with > swap, just good selection of software. > > BTW, that is the reason I would like to call it MiniSUSE. It is SUSE and > if you want install all standard software from normal repositories, with > standard tools. The only change I would like to see would be to make > some software available in smaller configurations, stripped of some > aesthetic and seldom used functionality, to de-bloat it. The SLICK was > about much more changes. You can see this in page history.
So Lets's start a MiniSUSE project. I like this name the best. -- Boyd Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
