On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Xubuntu web site says: > > Minimum system requirements > To run the Desktop CD (LiveCD + Install CD), you need 128 MB RAM to run or > 192 MB RAM to install. The Alternate Install CD only requires you to have 64 > MB RAM. > > To install Xubuntu, you need 1.5 GB of free space on your hard disk. > > Once installed, Xubuntu can run with 192 MB RAM, but it is strongly > recommended to have at least 256 MB RAM. > > You are probably better off sticking with Fluxbuntu, although some other > distributions may be similarly lean. > Based on all the mail on this topic, it certainly sounds like Fluxbuntu just doesn't like Jim's serial port hardware. It is interesting that the Knoppix CD does work with the serial port given that both Knoppix and Fluxbuntu are Debian based. My suggestion is to try VectorLinux Light Edition. http://www.vectorlinux.com/products I have compiled Xastir in VectorLinux Standard several times, and I am in the process of loading libraries Xastir needs in a VL Light virtual machine that I put together last week. It's working exactly like the standard VL, so I don't see that there will be any problem compiling Xastir in the light version. Even VL standard runs very well on old hardware so I would expect the light version to do fine with 64MB of RAM. The web site says it will. The disadvantages to using Slackware based VectorLInux are as follows: - the installation CD is not as friendly as many distributions including Fluxbuntu The main issue is that it sends the user into cfdisk if any partitioning needs to be done, which is not the most friendly interface for newbies. Given the drive with Fluxbuntu is already partitioned, I think it will allow the user to format and install into the existing partition without needing cfdisk. (Unbuntu installations typically just have a root and swap partition when the defaults are selected). - no binary version of Xastir is in the repos, which I think Jim was using with Fluxbuntu, so Xastir needs to be built from source in VL. - I have not been able to find binary packages for gpsmanshp or libax25. - I have not been able to find a "-dev" package for openMotif (Lesstif is available and seems to work ok, though. - adding libraries for Xastir uses a lot more disk space than it does in other linux distributions. I'm not sure why. Overall, though, a 5GB drive should be fine. The advantages are that it should work with 64MB of RAM, and given that VL is targeted to work on older hardware, it ought to support older serial ports. I don't think any of the disadvantages are show-stoppers. Given there are people on the list that can help out, I think it's worth a try. Regards, Lee - K5DAT _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
