Hi, One tricky thing I've found as a Windows & LEAF user is the wall of choice when it comes to picking which Linux distro to add to my WinXP machine for the purpose of building for LEAF.
I've tried Mandrake, one for non technical users, and I was baffled, it was vast! With LEAF I know where everything is! Is there not a nice, simple, Linux distro like LEAF but for desktop machines about? All I want to do is run the buildtool. Would it be feasible to create another LEAF branch but one for running buildtool and creating the disk image, not for actually being a firewall/router device? A bootable CD perhaps. Or a USB mass storage device. That would be perfect. A Bering-uClibc compile environment on a USB data key. And speaking of idiot images for CF/HDDs. If it's not possible to have a generic image because of the many different hardware configurations out there, would it not be possible to create an installer? Full blown distros have them. Maybe we then just hit the problem of if you need that sort of support why not just buy a home cable/DSL router and be done. :\ ...I'll go back in my cupboard shall I? Ta, Jim. -----Original Message----- From: KP Kirchdoerfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 June 2005 08:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] lets talk about something--anything! Hi Adam; Am Donnerstag 30 Juni 2005 09:28 schrieb Adam Niedzwiedzki: > Hi KP, > > Yup I've just started going over what information I can find, my first > question (I know this is going to sound soo lame) but you say Linux > workstation, is there any specific one, do I HAVE to use debian? and if so > can I use the latest version or do I have to track down slink? I used buildtool with Suse 9.x and Ubuntu, other team members run Debian and RedHat/Fedora - choose what you like. There may be issues with 2.6 kernel based distributions, but they can/should be solved. For shure you do not have to go with slink - that was a must-have of a Debian glibc 2.0.7 based version to build glibc-based LEAF versions. Bering-uClibc is based on uClibc, and the concept of "buildtool" is to provide an environment allowing you to compile and package for Bering-uClibc regardless the Linux OS you run it on. kp The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The contents of an attachment to this email may contain software viruses that could damage your own computer systems. Whilst The Spur Group of Companies has taken every precaution to minimise the risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage that you sustain as a result of software viruses. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
