[coLinux-devel] Colinux + Fedora + Gnome + VNC HOWTO (was: Help on Fedora)

[Jaroslaw K. <ja...@zd...>]

Hi guys!

I've put an updated "colinux_minimal_fedora_core_1.zip" package that also
contains yum and all the dependencies necessary to run it. I've also
enhanced the description of the installation process and I've provided a
step-by-step instructions for running CoLinux with Gnome that comes with
Fedora over a VNC session.

Also included is a two-line howto for running synaptic and downloading
updated packages. You can find everything here:

http://jaak.sav.net/colinux/

Any feedback is welcome. Feel free to include this information in the wiki
or a FAQ.
Dan, if you find this release satisfactory, can you please put it on
sourceforge ?

Jarek

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaroslaw Kowalski" <ja...@zd...>
To: "morfic" <mo...@bb...>; "Dan Milisic" <dmi...@ca...>
Cc: <col...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [coLinux-devel] Help on Fedora


> Sorry about that missing "yum". You're right - it shouldn't be called
fedora
> anymore. I suggest "minimal working Fedora with apt-get".
>
> I wanted the image to be small, so instead of installing the full fedora
on
> a partition and then dumping it to a file I started with a file and kept
> adding packages until I managed to bootstrap the base system without any
> unnecessary libraries.
>
> Basically what you're getting is:
>
> * everything needed to boot fedora and get the bash prompt (SysV init
> scripts and config stuff)
> * basic unix utilities
> * openssh client/server
> * nano text editor
> * vim text editor
> * apt-get o get anything else that might be needed.
>
> I've developed a script that produces this base system in a reliable and
> reproducible manner. The resulting filesystem is 280MB uncompressed which
is
> about 200MB less than minimal fedora I could get using anaconda. apt-get
is
> pretty good at geting the missing stuff after that.
>
> I was never successful at using YUM so obviously I forgot to include it.
> Looks like the tool can easily eat the whole available bandwidth
downloading
> package headers yet it's about 30 times slower than apt-get (I'm using a
> low-latency, 512 kbps link). I never actually understood how one could
> prefer it to apt-get which is blazing fast.
>
> Jarek
>
> BTW. I'll update the image to contain "yum" package today.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "morfic" <mo...@bb...>
> To: "Dan Milisic" <dmi...@ca...>
> Cc: <col...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [coLinux-devel] Help on Fedora
>
>
> > i was commenting on the pressumptiousness of removing a core tool, what
> > you insiuate i should do would be better directed at the individual who
> > decided to get his "real" fedora/taste spread
> > you say a missing "setup" is having all the tools to get the job done in
> > there? :)
> > and why install yum? it's part of a plain install and you have to put
> > forth effort to remove it to spread your "real" fedora, it was he who
> > put his taste forth, i simple sought out an opportunity to try either
> > im not asking to get an image "to my taste" rather than that i say
> > "don't suggest what you prefer is what everyone should use, especially
> > if setup is missing" (no, no mention of setup in initial email)
> > how is it a time saver if you have to bring it back to a decent
> > unaltered state
> >
> > not that big of a deal, i just wont use it
> > i just wonder what Gentoo users would say if someone had a great Gentoo
> > timesaver that turns out to be debian? (smile, im joking ;P)
> >
> >
> > Dan Milisic wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the image Jarek... The FC image is a fantastic time-saver.
> > >
> > > morfic wrote:
> > >
> > >> why waste everyone's time with a fedora image that is no longer
fedora
> > >
> > >
> > > Okay... if you don't like apt for whatever reason, use it once:
> > > "apt-get install yum"
> > >
> > > Not exactly a massive hardship.... sheesh.
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, you can apt/yum it to whatever you think a 'real'
> > > FC install is... all the tools necessary to get the job done easily
> > > are 'in there'.
> > >
> > > D.
> > >
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