On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Robert Riebisch <r...@bttr-software.de> wrote: > Mike Eriksen wrote: > >>> Graphics or X11? I'd be surprised about GUI stuff. Sure, I've tried >>> BasicLinux and DamnSmallLinux, even briefly TinyCore, but they all >>> seem to be too minimal or have other issues. I'm not saying it can't >>> be done, but, 99% of the time, it never worked right for me. >> >> Oh yes X11. Not the newest version (only x.org 6.9.0) so it won't >> support the newest cards 3D capabilities. But it is important to >> realize it's a thin client so it does exactly the same as DOS itself: >> not very much and certainly not gcc. But you get X11, mouse, menus >> (window manager), networking (including samba and NFS), sound and an >> image will be below 10 MB if you are careful. >> >> For most users around here a thin client isn't of much use. I just >> wanted to point out that a Linux system easily runs on 32 MB RAM if >> you know what you are doing (sorry). > > Is there more info on the net about your project?
http://thinstation.org But you really have to understand it's a thin client and is exactly as useful as a fresh DOS installed from a couple of floppies: not very much. Except it comes natively with X11, networking blah blah. Mike > Robert Riebisch > -- > BTTR Software > http://www.bttr-software.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
