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Re: [Trinux-talk] Trinux-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2
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From: Robert W. <rwh...@ra...> - 2007-01-22 01:04:35
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Trinux is built from Slackware and I think we should stick to slackware. Slackware 11.0 is a solid version and uses original up-channel sources. If we use Debian then we have circumvented the simplistically of Trinux in using unchanged packages from up-channel. Did anyone try calling Matt? -rwhetsel Quoting tri...@li...: > Send Trinux-talk mailing list submissions to > tri...@li... > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tri...@li... > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tri...@li... > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Trinux-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Trinux-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 (Robert Whetsel) > 2. Re: Let's build a new Trinux version (support) > 3. Re: Let's build a new Trinux version (Helmut Hullen) > 4. Re: Let's build a new Trinux version (Helmut Hullen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:56:32 -0500 > From: Robert Whetsel <rwh...@ra...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Trinux-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: <116...@ma...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm Game, count me in... > > Quoting tri...@li...: > > > Send Trinux-talk mailing list submissions to > > tri...@li... > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > tri...@li... > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > tri...@li... > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Trinux-talk digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Let's build a new Trinux version (Tom?? Vondra) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:35:01 +0100 > > From: Tom?? Vondra <wo...@vo...> > > Subject: [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux version > > To: <tri...@li...> > > Message-ID: <ABE...@vo...> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" > > > > I use Trinux on my old laptop, mainly for wifi scanning and network > > monitoring. > > It is much more useful that Win98 in those tasks :-) The computer won't > run > > any newer version of Windows and I can't afford to run X on it. Therefore, > > distros like Backtrack or Knoppix-STD are unsuitable for me. > > Trinux with its console interface, nice toolset and low requirements is > > simply ideal. However, it is grossly outdated. It has become nearly > > impossible to build any new software for it because of old library > versions > > (I wanted Links with SSL and auth support and failed). > > > > I wanted to offer the admin of the Trinux project to take the project over > > and build a new version, however Mr Matthew Franz is nowehere to be found. > > (none of his 3 e-mails work) > > > > As far as I know, under such circumstaces a project ending with -ng is > often > > built. > > > > Who would be interested to help me develop it? > > I'd like to base it on Debian 3.1 sarge, or maybe 3.2 etch to make it last > > longer. - We'd stay with the naive tgz packaging for now. > > In the first phase, I'd recreate a basic Trinux distro exacly as the old > > one, but with newest versions of the software. Next, I'd need packagers > and > > testers, who would add tools and test them. In the next version, we could > > tweak the init scripts (did you find those bugs as well?), update floppy, > > CD, USB, network distros, write some HDD install scripts, modify packages > > and so on. > > > > Who is going into it with me? Reply to this mailing list or directly to > > wondra (at> volny.cz > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Trinux-talk mailing list > > Tri...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > End of Trinux-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 > > ***************************************** > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:23:57 +0100 > From: "support" <su...@se...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux version > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: <200701210123570160.00178C66@83.103.23.36> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm in too. > > Valerio > > On 20/01/2007, at 12.35, Tomá¹ Vondra wrote: > > >I use Trinux on my old laptop, mainly for wifi scanning and network > >monitoring. > >It is much more useful that Win98 in those tasks :-) The computer won't > run > >any newer version of Windows and I can't afford to run X on it. > Therefore, > >distros like Backtrack or Knoppix-STD are unsuitable for me. > >Trinux with its console interface, nice toolset and low requirements is > >simply ideal. However, it is grossly outdated. It has become nearly > >impossible to build any new software for it because of old library > versions > >(I wanted Links with SSL and auth support and failed). > > > >I wanted to offer the admin of the Trinux project to take the project > over > >and build a new version, however Mr Matthew Franz is nowehere to be > found. > >(none of his 3 e-mails work) > > > >As far as I know, under such circumstaces a project ending with -ng is > >often > >built. > > > >Who would be interested to help me develop it? > >I'd like to base it on Debian 3.1 sarge, or maybe 3.2 etch to make it > last > >longer. - We'd stay with the naive tgz packaging for now. > >In the first phase, I'd recreate a basic Trinux distro exacly as the old > >one, but with newest versions of the software. Next, I'd need packagers > and > >testers, who would add tools and test them. In the next version, we could > >tweak the init scripts (did you find those bugs as well?), update floppy, > >CD, USB, network distros, write some HDD install scripts, modify packages > >and so on. > > > >Who is going into it with me? Reply to this mailing list or directly to > >wondra (at> volny.cz > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > >your > >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=D > EVDEV > >_______________________________________________ > >Trinux-talk mailing list > >Tri...@li... > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: 21 Jan 2007 08:16:00 +0100 > From: "Helmut Hullen" <Hu...@t-...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux version > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: <A9I...@he...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hallo, Tom??, > > Du meintest am 20.01.07 zum Thema [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux > version: > > > I wanted to offer the admin of the Trinux project to take the project > > over and build a new version, however Mr Matthew Franz is nowehere to > > be found. (none of his 3 e-mails work) > > Just do it! > > Viele Gruesse! > Helmut > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: 21 Jan 2007 08:23:00 +0100 > From: "Helmut Hullen" <Hu...@t-...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux version > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: <A9I...@he...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hallo, Tom??, > > Du meintest am 20.01.07 zum Thema [Trinux-talk] Let's build a new Trinux > version: > > > Who would be interested to help me develop it? > > I'd like to base it on Debian 3.1 sarge, or maybe 3.2 etch to make it > > last longer. > > Trinux has based on slackware - it may be the most simple base. > Trinux has a few packages, Trinux doe not need a software package > management. > > Look at zenwalk or at "ranr" if you will see a small slackware derivate. > > If you look deep enough into Debian you will find tarballs too ... but > often they are much older than the original slackwarepackages. > > May be one bigger problem is a small kernel: kernel 2.4.32 fits onto a > disk, kernel 2.6.17 doesn't fit. > > Viele Gruesse! > Helmut > > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Trinux-talk mailing list > Tri...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk > > > End of Trinux-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2 > ***************************************** > |
