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Question: Smaller, nearly apps-less DSL? :: Total Votes:67
Poll choices Votes Statistics
no, It would be nearly useless without basic desktop apps. 15  [22.39%]
no, DSL would lose its identiry and become another knx. 10  [14.93%]
yes, If apps of my choice can be easily added via myDSL. 37  [55.22%]
yes, Only if you offer more cloops for UCI type extensions. 5  [7.46%]
Don't know. What is this mydsl thing anyway? 0  [0.00%]
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Posted: Mar. 28 2006,21:09 QUOTE
I like this idea as I may be able to get a modern Linux running on an old 486.  BUT, I would like for it to be a separate download so we can still get the 50MB version with all the programs.
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Posted: Mar. 28 2006,23:14 QUOTE
how about a smaller DSL with a 'standard' uci that includes all the apps that were taken out?
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Posted: Mar. 29 2006,00:14 QUOTE
Quote (humpty @ Mar. 28 2006,18:14)
how about a smaller DSL with a 'standard' uci that includes all the apps that were taken out?

That would be an idea!

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Posted: Mar. 29 2006,14:06 QUOTE
Just to back up the above and to clarify one point: I hope no-one would be
upset by an `as much to uci as possible' system and perhaps this is the only
way ahead if the ever increasing kernel size is to be coped with.....that's a
matter I think that's much more important than any remastering issues (which
people can do anyway if they want to).

Just on the earlier sym link point I was talking about *hard* links i.e. existing links
on the base iso, not produced while live, which look to a target (say on /opt) whether
its there or not. So up to you if you mount a (U)CI at that point ...
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Posted: Mar. 29 2006,15:50 QUOTE
I don't think links are necessary, if you just need them to easily run apps in a big UCI.  As far as I can see, the only thing necessary would be an addition to .bash_profile, and shared /opt/something/bin,lib dirs inside the UCI.  .bash_profile could check to see if those directories exist, and modify PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH if they are found.  

Or those two directories could already be put in PATH and ld.so.conf

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