mikshaw
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Posted: April 28 2006,04:42 |
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I finally decided to go back to my old plan of turning Damn Small Linux into Wicked Small Linux, meaning make it as small as I can while still having what I'd consider the basics....the ability to edit text, run some core commands, expand the system through mydsl...blahblahblah. I'm keeping the X server, aterm and most of the lua scripts, and fluxbox is being replaced with the 23k evilwm. Just about every other gui app is going. That part I've mostly dealt with. I'm also getting rid of a lot of the stuff I'll never use in DSL...servers, vnc, rdesktop, samba, and a pile of miscellaneous applications that don't really serve much purpose in my world.
I've only gotten the KNOPPIX file down to 36mb, which is unacceptable. I had a prior version down to 27, and i want to go much further...hopefully closer to 20mb, or less, if possible. But there are several things I'm concerned about....
1) If I completely remove Perl, will that break any vital parts of the system? I know there are some Perl scripts here and there in DSL, but is there any Perl that is necessary to successfully boot, configure hardware, and add mydsl extensions? Perl is much too fat for me, and if i need it later there's myDSL. 2) I use Isolinux...does that mean i can delete /bin/syslinux? 3) Are the dpkg/debian files needed for anything other than installing deb packages? I use only mydsl, so dpkg isn't on my gottahaveit list. 4) What are these /usr/X11R6/bin/*make* programs? For tcc? can I kill 'em? 5) I recall reading something about remasters breaking the ability to install DSL to harddrive. Is this true? Not a big deal for me, but if it's true I can remove the install scripts. 6) There are font files everywhere...I'm afraid to remove/edit them. This isn't a question...I just don't look forward to trimming the fonts. 7) Icons are gone, so I may be modifying the mydsl scripts a little. Just letting you know. 8) I'm using a block size of 65536, according to meo's remaster tutorial. Since I have no idea what this means, would i get better results from a different size?
I'll probably have other questions and comments later...just thought I'd ask about these, since i'm kinda stuck at 36mb for now.
Thanks.
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