On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:16:57 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if i had the time... i'd do a distro. just for myself of all people! :) i'd > love to actually do a distro that's stripped down - no "apache" no "mysql" no > "openldap" in fact no gimp, etc. basically just what u need to install, log > in, and run a terminal, download some files, maybe browse a website or 3, > read e-mail. all things like "gimp" would be add-on packages (of course an > easy to use package fetcher would be included), but all of this is a > side-line. i'd like to make it ULTRA FAST to boot. make it boot in about 3-5 > seconds to your login manager. this is perfectly possible. in fact it can be > done in under seconds if you REALLY want (it's been done) :) Since you included the clause "if i had the time", I suggest you take a look at Gentoo. It's pretty much what you describe. I don't know about fast booting though, I never considered it a priority. PS: Let's hope this won't turn into a distro war now :) -- /~\ The ASCII Andrej "Ticho" Kacian <andrej at kacian dot sk> \ / Ribbon Campaign GnuPG public key ID: 7CD93FE2 (pgp.mit.edu) X Against HTML Key fingerprint: / \ Email! E87D 9DEF 2A23 6FFB 7AD9 542F 4253 3A46 7CD9 3FE2
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