[Klug-general] KLUG OS

[rich-ayres at tiscali.co.uk]

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>From: george.prowse at gmail.com
>Date: 30/04/2009 3:26 
>To: "Kent Linux User Group - General Topics"<kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subj: Re: [Klug-general] KLUG OS
>
>J D Freeman wrote:
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>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:38:32PM +0100, AllenJB wrote:
>>   
>>> So your suggestion is to create a new distro (which won't be 
exactly 
>>> alike any other) with a very small number of users and little to 
no 
>>> support or documentation? Despite the fact that what a linux user 
is 
>>> going to want is a very large support base and lots of 
documentation?
>>>
>>> I have to reiterate what others have said here. Reinventing the 
wheel is 
>>> bad. If you want a well supported, easy to install and run distro 
for 
>>> new users which has lots of documentation already available, I 
would 
>>> suggest Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> If you want to get dirty and mess about at a relatively low level, 
then 
>>> I would suggest installing LFS at least once, then using Gentoo. 
Again - 
>>> large support base with plenty of documentation.
>>>     
>>
>> Alternatively you could take one distro and really get into the 
depths and
>> dark corners of how it works, truely understand the internals. With
>> debian, I highly recommend anyone using it to get themselves a copy 
of:
>>
>> http://is.gd/vtxj
>>
>>   
>That would be awesome... if we wanted to know what linux was like at 
the 
>dawn of time.
>
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 As someone on low income with a fair amount of time and lots of old 
equipment ( some kindly donated by KLUG members) I am particularly 
interested in "Linux from the Dawn of Time" and low memory distros in 
particular. Surfing the web is not a priority for me as I have an old 
500Mhz pentium which is fast enough for me. I am currently trying to 
build an LFS system. 16M of RAM ran Windows 95 at a tolerable pace for 
everyday tasks surely some Basic linux system  must still be lingering 
around from that era? (DSL apart as it appears to have very limited 
application content as far as I can gather) Most super PCs seem to 
waste CPU cyc and RAM making  whirling desktops and other gimmicks ( or 
so I am lead to believe). To each his own say I. Give what you can (not 
much in my case) and be grateful for the support of fellow KLUGGERS.  
Incidently I have a problem building gcc on LFS but will supply details 
when I have had another go!
 Rich
P.S Am I right in thinking that this is the same guy who was convinced 
that he could devise a totally secure OS? 



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