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by René Rebe
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Hi,
On 14.04.2008, at 19:43, Michal Kolodziejczyk wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to the T2 project. I am yet going to compile a linux
> distribution with T2, but now I have some questions:
>
> - is the default target (desktop) usable for end user as a linux
> distro? Or which target should I wstart with?
The desktop installs more like a FreeBSD / Debian - so maybe not so
great for aunt Tilly end-users.
But that can be completely adapted to your enwished feature-set - it's
completely under your control.
> - are there any succesful user-friendly linux distributions built
> with T2? I know of puppylinux, but it seems there is still a lot of
> manual work necessary
The Archivista target that comes with T2 under the GPL has a complete
custom installer "script" that installs from the livecd. It is
completely modeled after Archivista design spec, for the stand alone
appliance solution.
It even includes support for a alternating system partition to always
make sure the last installed system stays intact and takes over the
Archivista configuration (CUPS, Exim, Mysql replication etc. pp) from
another installation.
There are a lot embedded devices in the field that are very intuitive,
however I guess most indeed come without installer ...
> - is it possible to speed up compile time (by omitting unneeded
> locales during glibc compilation)?
Yes, but you via a colorful config option - you need to add some codes
lines to modify the glibc build in your target directory.
> - it it possible to shrink the cd size (by omitting unneeded
> locales)?
Sure, right now the code already supports arbitrary file filtering
with widlcards, you could probably filter locales away with that (I
think some archivista flavor also did this for all non-english system
tool locales, not sure if that hit t2/trunk yet though - would have to
take a look).
--
René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
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On 14.04.2008, at 19:43, Michal Kolodziejczyk wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to the T2 project. I am yet going to compile a linux
> distribution with T2, but now I have some questions:
>
> - is the default target (desktop) usable for end user as a linux
> distro? Or which target should I wstart with?
The desktop installs more like a FreeBSD / Debian - so maybe not so
great for aunt Tilly end-users.
But that can be completely adapted to your enwished feature-set - it's
completely under your control.
> - are there any succesful user-friendly linux distributions built
> with T2? I know of puppylinux, but it seems there is still a lot of
> manual work necessary
The Archivista target that comes with T2 under the GPL has a complete
custom installer "script" that installs from the livecd. It is
completely modeled after Archivista design spec, for the stand alone
appliance solution.
It even includes support for a alternating system partition to always
make sure the last installed system stays intact and takes over the
Archivista configuration (CUPS, Exim, Mysql replication etc. pp) from
another installation.
There are a lot embedded devices in the field that are very intuitive,
however I guess most indeed come without installer ...
> - is it possible to speed up compile time (by omitting unneeded
> locales during glibc compilation)?
Yes, but you via a colorful config option - you need to add some codes
lines to modify the glibc build in your target directory.
> - it it possible to shrink the cd size (by omitting unneeded
> locales)?
Sure, right now the code already supports arbitrary file filtering
with widlcards, you could probably filter locales away with that (I
think some archivista flavor also did this for all non-english system
tool locales, not sure if that hit t2/trunk yet though - would have to
take a look).
--
René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
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