>project1: >Build an OpenSolaris Swiss Edition distribution (with only english, french, >german, and italian), with missing fonts (if legal in >EUROPE), and other >essential software (OpenOffice, VirtualBox, ...)
When you look at http://distrowatch.com you will see 300 Active Distributions including Opensolaris (11 from Switzerland). Most Distributions have a goal like energy-efficient (WattOS) or eye-candy (Elive OS) or Keep It Simple (ArchLinux) ....... So the Question is: Do we need one more Distribution? My Answer is : (yes) An Distribution based on Opensolaris on one DVD (CD is far to small) with the following adds: 1. The Packages for more easy installing Sun Ray Software 2. Pkgbuild preinstalled 3. Windowmanager like AfterStep, Fluxbox, Openbox , (Enlightenment) 3. All Fonts for better Language Support 4. ..emacs .....Openoffice.....Vbox...... I think the goal must be to have an OS for Laptops as well as for the Ray-Server-Combination with better Language Support! Robert ** For installing AfterStep, Fluxbox, Openbox with PKGbuild use the following commands: (it is tested on a fresh installed Opensolaris 2009.06) bob at opensolaris:~$ export PKG_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=900 bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install ss-dev bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install gcc-dev bob at opensolaris:~$ wget http://home.shinternet.ch/sparc64/bootstrap-sfe-latest-os20nn bob at opensolaris:~$ chmod +x bootstrap-sfe-latest-os20nn bob at opensolaris:~$ ./bootstrap-sfe-latest-os20nn <user name but not root> bob at opensolaris:~$ . /opt/dtbld/bin/env.sh bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec svcadm enable pkg/server bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg set-authority -O http://localhost:80/ mypkgs bob at opensolaris:~$ cd spec-files-extra bob at opensolaris:~$ pkgtool build --download --autodeps --interactive SFEopenbox.spec bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install SFEopenbox bob at opensolaris:~$ pkgtool build --download --autodeps --interactive SFEfluxbox.spec bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install fluxbox bob at opensolaris:~$ pkgtool build --download --autodeps --interactive SFEafterstep.spec bob at opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install SFEafterstep (this is a Workaround for the BUG in Fluxbox) bob at opensolaris:~$ su bob at opensolaris:~# mkdir /usr/dt/bin bob at opensolaris:~# ln -s /usr/dt/config/Xsession2.fluxbox /usr/dt/bin/Xsession with the next login you can choose between AfterStep, Fluxbox, Openbox and Gnome and under http://localhost:80/ you have your own IPS Repository
