[Trinux-talk] Business Case for X ( and gcc ;) )

[John v. V. <joh...@ya...>]

Hello all,

I have chosen Devil-Linux as the base product for Linux Society operations
because it, in beta format, is both bleeding edge and stable.  It has also been
a pure joy to work with.

Brian wrote:
> > Is it possible to include a windows manager ...
> > onto the CD?
Franz:
> What is the business case? Why do you need them? Multiple xterms is the
> only reason I could come up with...

A few years ago, I was promoting Trinux for as the basis for a product plan I
had known as the ThinMan.  ThinMan has now become ThinMan/FAT and has a
sophisticated yet deceptively simple model designed to pull the rest of the 6
billion humans into the Internet fold.

I like Devil-Linux in every respect:
Its packaging     --> tgz
Its configuration --> /mnt/floppy/etc.tar.gz
Its media         --> /dev/hd(c|d)
Its f/s protocol --> LVM

I have worked w/ lnx-bbc and it is very nice, Xwindows works very well.  I
would very much like to burn Kloopix but the 600Mb download...

Devil-Linux perfectly fits the present Linux Society needs, and time allowing,
my next project is to flesh out the Linux Society's Devil-Linux/LSD harddrive
to include /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/gcc.

This is to create the development environment that we need to contribute to
Devil-Linux and develop our own LSD.  Linux Society is commited ~not~ to
changing the Devil-Linux model since we want to use DL CDs as our
distribution...

But we also want to contribute to development, for this we will need gcc and
probably X as well for multipe Xterms

For the time being this should work until we get a development ISO

And think of the costs:

ISO in CD: 0.50 $$

Floppy /etc/: 0.50 $$

250-1000 MB swap hard drive: free or better
~and~
LVM: PRICELESS !!!!

John, Linux Society Prez

(also speaking on behalf of Denny, founder)





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