[aprssig] Small LINUX build

[Greg D.]

Hi again, Andrew,

Ok, if you need a browser and java, you're going to need a substantial bit of the X-windows environment.  I think the key is going to be picking a window manager that doesn't have a lot of stuff you don't need.  I'd stay away from KDE and Gnome; maybe use TWM or something like that.  The Linuxcare 50mb CD image that I use sometimes for system recovery uses the BlackBox Window Manager, and has Mozilla 0.93 (yeah, it's a little old), but no Java.  Maybe you could add it, but I don't know how to modify the read-only system.  Not sure about the printer, however.  How big is CUPS?

Good luck,

Greg  KO6TH


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> From: vk4tec at people.net.au
> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:54:24 +1000
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
> 
> Actually my requirements are quite simple.
> 
> All I need is a JAVA enabled browser and printer support.
> 
> I did get PCLINUXOS to work, but only had 95 MB free
> 
> I put SLAX onto a memory sticka nd that worked out at about 250 MB.
> 
> The box originally came with debian etch, but ran out of disk space very 
> quickly , because the home dir was built with only 23 MB.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg D." 
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" 
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
> 
> 
> 
> Agreed, Scott.  I have installed a fairly complete version of SuSE Linux on 
> a 512mb flash, with space left over, for use in an imbedded controller 
> project at work.  Doing a regular install and leaving out the big things 
> (X-windows, KDE/Gnome, and all the X-based stuff mainly) was easier than 
> hunting down a small footprint Distro, since I've been using SuSE for many 
> years.  There's still a lot of stuff I don't need (CUPS, and a bunch of 
> other things), but it fit, so I stopped there.
> 
> I've seen Linux run completely from a floppy disk (but it didn't do much), 
> and there are several distros that fit easily and run completely from a CD 
> ROM, one in particular fits on the small "credit card" size 50mb disk.  I 
> find they are particularly useful for recovering crashed Windows PCs...
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Greg  KO6TH
> 
> 
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>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:31:52 -0700
>> From: scott at opentrac.org
>> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
>>
>> Does 1GB even count as small?  I think I used a 32 MB flash card last
>> time I loaded up a Soekris box (I forget the distro).  Didn't have any
>> room for a development environment, but no shortage of space for services.
>>
>> Most of my Linux boxes used to have drives in the 200 MB range.  Just
>> install Debian (or your own favorite distro) and take out the packages
>> you don't need.  X is a big one to leave out if you don't need graphics.
>>
>> Scott
>> N1VG
>>
>> Andrew Rich wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a HP thin client that has a 1GB flash drive and would like to run
>>> LINUX on it.
>>>
>>> Anyone out there in ham radio land had expeience with small LINUX builds 
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Puppy LINUX looks like a contender ?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Andrew Vk4TEC
>>>
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