Salvador Aguinaga said... |I've wondered if any of you have used scientific linux on a x86 hardware to |run a single application ( like an embedded OS ) and disable updates and |remove unneeded packages?
Sure, at least a dozen times. |Or if you there is a better alternative to accomplish the same thing. That depends on what you are trying to do with it. For instance when I needed a bridging firewall a few years back, there was no east way to do that with SL (I tried for 2 day), so I gave up and used freesco. But, just for example, we've done this with DMZ systems, fileservers, and a handful of others. Very straightforward; just install what you need, remove the extras it installed anyway, and only turn on the minimum services necessary. Update manually as needed. Works fine.
