On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:37 AM, John A. Wallace <[email protected]> wrote:
> So do you also have Archlinux installed in VBox, or was that only
> initially to get familiar with it?
John,
I remember installing it two years ago to see what it was like, on VBox,
when I wrote this story
http://news.techeye.net/software/patch-turns-transmeta-crusoe-into-a-full-i686
But I never got as far as to install the VBox guest additions or anything
like that.
I really liked what I saw back then, however. You only need to get familiar
with "pacman".
For instance it had (has) a good selection of Java (OpenJDK) related
packages... which is one of my areas of interest, and even better, very
well written documentation and wikis...
I plan to retrofit my ancient Transmeta Crusoe based Gateway GCTP touchpad
appliances*** with Archlinux... sooner or later. :)
Like you say, it´s a good distro to start with the bare minimum, and start
adding packages on top (as long as you don´t mind using the command line),
instead of doing a full install of a mainstream distro and having to
cherry-pick which packages to remove to make it small :)
In any case, good luck! :)
FC
*** If I keepmy commodore 64 operative why shouldn´t I keep a 12 years old
tablet :)
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During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
act
- George Orwell
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