Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] TimeDicer

[Dick M. <di...@fo...>]

On 11/06/10 09:50, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> Not sure if you are quite serious about the point'n'click gui for
> building apps?

No, but that sort of thing; where you just provide a list of apps you 
want included and go create iso.

  > Are you thinking of a website which would be based around a
> DL build environment and allow visitors to custom-build their DL without
> having to create their own build system. Like Thinstation's TS-O-Matic
> <http://www.thinstation.org/>?

I'm not familiar with thinstation.  A quick read suggests they load apps 
after booting. My idea is to create custom CDs - before booting. But 
that's the general idea.

> I take your point about running apps causing bloat but surely a library
> such as librsync is not using any RAM unless it is being called?

No. You can run DL off the CD/usb stick or you can load the entire root 
filesystem from the CD into ramdisk.  I use the latter, it's snappier 
and saves having a cd drive or a dongle sticking out all the time.  It 
means you can have the config file and the iso on the same stick and 
retain the protection that's DL's main feature.  It needs a ramdisk that 
is big enough to hold the entire root filesystem plus enough ram to run 
the system.  So obviously even unused components consume ram.

Dick