Hi,
On 14.04.2008, at 19:43, Michal Kolodziejczyk wrote:
Hello,
I am new to the T2 project. I am yet going to compile a linux
distribution with T2, but now I have some questions:
- is the default target (desktop) usable for end user as a linux
distro? Or which target should I wstart with?
The desktop installs more like a FreeBSD / Debian - so maybe not so
great for aunt Tilly end-users.
But that can be completely adapted to your enwished feature-set - it's
completely under your control.
- are there any succesful user-friendly linux distributions built
with T2? I know of puppylinux, but it seems there is still a lot of
manual work necessary
The Archivista target that comes with T2 under the GPL has a complete
custom installer "script" that installs from the livecd. It is
completely modeled after Archivista design spec, for the stand alone
appliance solution.
It even includes support for a alternating system partition to always
make sure the last installed system stays intact and takes over the
Archivista configuration (CUPS, Exim, Mysql replication etc. pp) from
another installation.
There are a lot embedded devices in the field that are very intuitive,
however I guess most indeed come without installer ...
- is it possible to speed up compile time (by omitting unneeded
locales during glibc compilation)?
Yes, but you via a colorful config option - you need to add some codes
lines to modify the glibc build in your target directory.
- it it possible to shrink the cd size (by omitting unneeded
locales)?
Sure, right now the code already supports arbitrary file filtering
with widlcards, you could probably filter locales away with that (I
think some archivista flavor also did this for all non-english system
tool locales, not sure if that hit t2/trunk yet though - would have to
take a look).
--
René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
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