From: Robert W. <rwh...@ra...> - 2007-04-21 23:32:57
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Matt, Good to hear from you. Drop me an email off-line and I'll let you know where I landed after I got back from my second activation... 74B hoah :) -- Cheers, Robert C. Whetsel 302-724-6216 www.openFlightLinux.org No I'm not a rocket scientist; I just play one on T.V. 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. It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / Ubuntutrinux :) > (Matthew Franz) > 2. Re: It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / Ubuntutrinux :) (Karl.) > 3. Re: It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / Ubuntutrinux :) > (Mike Pilkington) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:28:57 -0500 > From: "Matthew Franz" <md...@gm...> > Subject: [Trinux-talk] It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / > Ubuntutrinux :) > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: > <33a...@ma...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Robert and whoever else was on the thread back in January. I just > discovered this thread you guys had about reviving Trinux :( > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1169330192.45b290108ae61%40mail.ravensong.com&forum_name=trinux-talk > > But better late than never. And it warmed my heart to see that other > folks thought there is still a place for something Trinux-like inspite > of LiveCD/DVDs. > > For the small number of subscribers (I wasn't one and I'm not sure > where all the admin list traffic is going to) there is a new page for > ubuntutrinux (for lack of a better name) up at > http://code.google.com/p/ubuntutrinux/ > > and I actually released an iso on sourceforge yesterday at > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3301&package_id=228434 > > So work has begun again (I had the need for a lightweight ramdisk > distro at work) and during the last few days Trinux has gone places it > never has before PXE booting and kernel 2.6 and post 1.0 Busybox. It > has run old hardware (these days PIII is old hardware) and high-end > DL380 hardware in my datacenter at work. > > Now that wikis are around I think there is a great opportunity to do > things right (in terms of documentation) -- the way that should have > been done the first place. I'd be glad to create accounts for. Either > on the new google code, here at sourceforge, or on my personal > security wiki at threatmind.net. > > I put some pages up already on objectives > > http://www.threatmind.net/secwiki/UbuntuTrinux/ProjectObjectives > > These are open to revision debate, etc. for folks that have opnions :) > > I look forward to hearing from whoever is still around. > > Peace, > > - mdf > > -- > Matthew Franz > http://www.threatmind.net/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:18:15 +1200 > From: "Karl." <evi...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / > Ubuntutrinux :) > To: tri...@li... > Message-ID: <20070421031814.GA4803@L667> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 09:28:57PM -0500, Matthew Franz wrote: > > Hi Robert and whoever else was on the thread back in January. I just > > discovered this thread you guys had about reviving Trinux :( > > Welcome back! (metaphorically speaking) > > I was just using Trinux yesterday, and reading about UbuntuTrinux at the > same time (I'm using it on a 486DX2/66 - it's slow enough that I get to > read stuff while waiting for things :-) > > I'm using Trinux to get files onto and off the 486 (which is usually > running dos), and as a rescue distro on some of my computers (eg. an old > laptop which has no functioning removable media - it's easier to boot > into Trinux and fix things than it is to pull the HDD out) > > I've learnt a lot from fiddling with Trinux. Have often thought about > trying to extend/update it myself, but always come back to the fact that > even though it is still useful, it really is a relic which is better > replaced than updated. > > > It has run old hardware (these days PIII is old hardware) and > > That's not old - I still use a PII-400 as my daily machine! > > I look forward to following your progress with UbuntuTrinux :-) > > Karl. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:20:30 -0500 > From: "Mike Pilkington" <MPi...@lg...> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] It's been a while / Reviving Trinux / > Ubuntutrinux :) > To: "Matthew Franz" <md...@gm...>, > <tri...@li...> > Message-ID: > <A35...@HO...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi Matthew, > > I think a Trinux revival is a great idea. I'm still a pack rat and > can't bear to get rid of old hardware--my oldest being a PII 233 Dell > laptop. > > These days I've been playing with Damn Small Linux on a 128MB USB thumb > drive. I am really enjoying the flexibility of USB drives. I'm glad to > hear you have some plans for Trinux on USB. > > Anyway, I'll keep a lookout for your progress and will be happy to test > on my systems. > > Cheers, > Mike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and > privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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