Re: [seul-edu] Re: LINUX onto old,small computers

[Art Petrzelka <art@complum.com>]

http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=5818

The RULE project.  I just saw this today. How convenient! It is attempting to 
produce a small footprint Linux installation option for Red Hat. I just took 
a quick browse, and it appears to be a work in progress, but has a lot of 
very specific package information.
The homepage is http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/ and the project page 
is: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/rule/

From their web site:

 Purpose of the project

 Modify the current Red Hat Linux installer so that it runs in less than 32 
MB of RAM, or create a new one if needed. 
 Select, test, and (if needed) package the system and desktop applications 
which give the greatest real functionality with the smallest
consumption of CPU and RAM resources 
 Create another installation option of the Red Hat Linux distribution 
(temporarily named "basic workstation", see note below),
containing all and only the packages above, optimized to run either a server, 
or a basic desktop on obsolete hardware with very little
RAM and HD space. 
 Promote and support (especially in developing countries) the use of this 
install option with schools, public and private organizations.
 

On Wednesday 13 February 2002 03:08 pm, you 
wrote:
> Martin@seul.org, Qvistgård@seul.org wrote:
> > To save space and resources, why not build your own lean, mean
> > linux? If you
> > put some work into doing this you will end up with a better machine
> > than with
> > any distro. All the instructions you need are at
> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org Some knowledge about compliling
> > kernels are a
> > big plus, though.
> >
> > Build on one machine and use dd or similar to copy to the other
> > machines.
>
> Great idea.  Now if I only had the time.   I have a rapidly approaching
> deadline and so really can't explore that route.   Does anyone know of
> such a lean, mean LINUX having been built on a small machine that
> is available for use elsewhere?  I'd certainly be interested for the
> next generation/district of ancients->students.
> I'll certainly look at linuxfromscratch anyway.
>
> 	Ralph  deal@kzoo.edu