lucky13
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Posted: Feb. 04 2008,17:32 |
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newby| Quote | | 1. Build distros with applications geared to different users, office, music, video, games, etc. Downside: more work. |
You left out larger size. How is it "damn small" if each of your specialty versions is 300-500 MB? Users can use the same modular base in conjunction with MyDSL to accomplish whichever tasks they want, whether specialized or general use. Another problem with creating multiple specialty versions is most people will resort to using MyDSL anyway. Just use the same small, modular base and let users customize it as they see fit. That's the idea behind modularity.
The downside of it being more work is *the biggest* problem. Robert has had more than enough work maintaining syslinux and isolinux versions of everything, 3.x and 4.x, DSL and DSL-N. Lighten the load, don't increase it.
| Quote | | 2. Build application _suites_ geared toward the different audiences and pair them with a base DSL that they can be loaded into. |
Same problem as above. That goes against the Damn Small philosophy, too, by including things that users may not care to have. Your idea of an internet suite would probably be a lot different than mine. Office suite -- ted and siag, Open Office (which version?!), or abiword (gtk1 or 2) and gnumeric? Just let users decide what they want with respect to each extension. Easier -- and ultimately smaller -- that way.
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Juanito:| Quote | | moving from 2.6.12 to 2.6.19(?) will probably take additional space. |
Definitely. And so will moving to a newer kernel if that happens (as it should, imo).
| Quote | | Knowing what the kernel & libs of this new version of dsl was compiled from (and having the headers) would certainly be a big help when compiling new apps. |
I'm sure you'll get all that once it's decided upon.
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