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Re: [Rule-list] Distributing the distro
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Marco Fioretti |
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Re: [Rule-list] Distributing the distro |
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Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:58:31 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 09:07:07 at 09:07:07AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> Small footprint? So far, it appears you guys are talking about
> 200-300mb. That may seem small to people with 10gig harddrives,
> but it's way too big for my 486-33 with 170mb HD. I reckon you
> should be aiming for a base installation of no bigger than 80mb
> (including X, wm and graphical browser).
>
Ouch! 80 MB is hard...
You are definitely right, and nothing would make us happier than
making it: we'll try, but I'm not sure if it is possible from Red Hat.
We'll see.
A curiosity: are you thinking to a use only as internet kiosk, or as
basic desktop (i.e. all that + email + text processing + PostScript
print services....)?
Marco Fioretti
RULE project leader
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