Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote: > 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 >
That's fast! http://en.opensuse.org/MiniSUSE -- Regards, Rajko. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
