<quote who="Carsten Haitzler"> > 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) :)
Many including me use Gentoo which fulfil above requirements for precisely those reasons. The bare time to boot has been 10-15 seconds before I added cups, apache and other stuff to run levels. And that's with framebuffer and bootsplash. See here for example. http://dhruba.codewordt.co.uk/images/2.6-bs.png -- Dhruba Bandopadhyay // dhruba [AT] codewordt.co.uk ICQ: 31628525 // MSN: bdhruba [AT] msn.com Use Gentoo Linux! // http://www.gentoo.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
