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Re: [Rule-list] About RH 8 not supporting 486
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Marco Fioretti |
Subject: |
Re: [Rule-list] About RH 8 not supporting 486 |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:59:47 +0200 |
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 19:17:41 at 07:17:41PM -0700, Oisin C. Feeley wrote:
> I think a RULE ISO would be a good idea. Most people are used to the idea
See what said in other messages about a RULE mini-iso that can start
and then use the big RH CDs that every Linux magazine eventually
brings to the closest newspaper kiosk
>
> RULE can also have a remit and audience beyond the i386/i486 world: given
> that it's being optimized for small memory machines it would be very
> useful for those of us that have machines like my home-desktop (466 Mhz
> Celeron, 64Mb RAM). This runs "Psyche" dog-slow. I just experimented
> with swapping memory in/out of other machines today and found that adding
> another 128Mb RAM in means that it now runs acceptably fast. That strikes
> me as an excessively large amount of memory. If RULE can provide a
> collection of lower-memory use Window/Desktop managers, browsers, etc. all
> chosen and integerated by the RULE-team then there's definitely an
> audience out there for it.
YES, this *is* what we want to do, stay tuned: w.r.t. to integration and ISOs,
consider that once we have the list we should only put on our ISO or
web site *only* the RPMs not included in the RH CDs.
>
> As time progresses and we move onto Red Hat 10.23 running on a minimal
> hardware of 5.4GHz/ 1GB RAM, it will be very useful if there is a complete
> build process, tools and accumulated expertise in building an OS optimized
> for more restricted systems.
>
Right again, word by word (see the FAQ about Moore's law...). And
thanks for the compliments!
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
- Re: [Rule-list] About RH 8 not supporting 486, (continued)
[Rule-list] Conclusion of:About RH 8 not supporting 486, Marco Fioretti, 2002/10/24