On Wednesday 20.August.2003 07:04 pm, Jim C wrote:
> I really would like to see Mandrake get involved with the RULE (Run
> Up-to-date Linux Everywhere ) poject.
> It would also really click with the CLIC project. ;-) [place wince
> here] One of the bigest problems we had with our cluster was with
> trying to use out-of-date hardware with modern software. RULE is a
> RedHat based project to eliminate this problem.
>
> Jim C.
I Marco at RULE. He says it will be, basically, a new project because
the original was RedHat centric because that's what they were using
when they began trying to get Linux on smaller boxes.
Michael Fratoni modified the RedHat installer. Someone would have to do
the same for the Mandrake installer. Perhaps it could be incorporated
or become an option of the Mandrake installer?
regards,
Richard.
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Subject: Re: RULE for Mandrake?
Date: Thursday 21.August.2003 03:57 pm
From: "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: io <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fratoni Michael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 12:47:02 at 12:47:02PM -0400, Richard
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hello Marco,
>
> I just read a note on the Mandrake list asking about the possibility
> of creating a RULE for Mandrake.
Interesting! Which note? Do you have a URL?
> Perhaps it has been discussed on the list but I've not been following
> it lately. My C skills are very rusty and corroded with Pascal.
>
> Is this a way to amplify Run Linux Everywhere?
> Would it require a separate project?
RULE (= Run Up to date Linux Everywhere) is not a distribution and is
basically made of three parts:
1) Modify the standard installer or create a new one working with less
RAM than the official one
2) Choose the selection of *existing* packages for the given
distribution which gives the most real functionality with the
smallest resources, creating new ones only when there is really no
alternative
3) Define a set of tip, tricks configuration files and best practices
to make the system run faster, in less disk space.
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Part 1) was done for RULE/Red Hat by Michael Fratoni, cc: to this
answer, and is distribution specific, you can't use the RULE
installers for Mandrake or Debian. You can build new ones with the
same approach of slinky (based on busybox) but it would be a different
project. Michael has the last word on this, however, as he wrote the
SW.
Part 2 and 3 above are much less distribution specific. If we find
out, say, that mail client XYZ is the one with the greatest
functionality and the smallest amount of extra libraries needed, it
would probably be the same on all distributions. Ditto for the tips
and tricks category.
RULE uses Red Hat because the idea came out from Red Hat users and we
have no time or skills to play with other distributions, not because
of any religious-like decision. My answer to a RULE for Mandrake
sub-project is the same I routinely give to people asking how to reuse
old Macs or SPARCs: it is a great idea, we could all learn a lot,
reuse a lot of skills and effort, but somebody must step in and take
the lead for the corresponding sub-project.
Let me know if anybody is willing to give it a try. Consider however
that I'll leave for vacation in a few hours, and will be back about
september 5th.
Please forward this to the mandrake list, as I am not subscribed
there, and let me know the URL of any relevant discussion.
Thanks for your interest in RULE!
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
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