Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-27 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator] wrote: > On 05/24/14 05:10 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> I continue to tinker with Tribblix, and a new update (0m10) >> is now available: >> >> http://www.tribblix.org/download.html >> > > Hi Peter, > > does you distri

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Other notes on Tribblix vs OI: 1. Tribblix is also a 'install-only' DVD and USB option at the moment versus the 'Live-DVD' option of OI. Also, it has support for automated installs in an easier fashion than OI. 2. OI is a 'server-centric' distro. Many packages community and/or sponsor supporte

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-26 Thread Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator]
On 05/24/14 05:10 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: I continue to tinker with Tribblix, and a new update (0m10) is now available: http://www.tribblix.org/download.html There are a couple of features that I've been working on. One is automated installation (done really simple): http://tribblix.blogspot.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-25 Thread Peter Tribble
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 12:06 AM, cjt wrote: > On 05/24/2014 10:10 AM, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> I continue to tinker with Tribblix, >> > > Interesting, but what's the rationale for Tribblix, given the availability > of OpenIndiana? > That is, of course, a fair question. If you think about the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 24 May 2014, cjt wrote: http://ptribble.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/building-illumos-gate-on-tribblix.html Interesting, but what's the rationale for Tribblix, given the availability of OpenIndiana? Tribblix is officially maintained by Peter Tribble. Who is the official maintainer of O

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-24 Thread cjt
On 05/24/2014 10:10 AM, Peter Tribble wrote: I continue to tinker with Tribblix, and a new update (0m10) is now available: http://www.tribblix.org/download.html There are a couple of features that I've been working on. One is automated installation (done really simple): http://tribblix.blogspo

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-24 Thread Peter Tribble
I continue to tinker with Tribblix, and a new update (0m10) is now available: http://www.tribblix.org/download.html There are a couple of features that I've been working on. One is automated installation (done really simple): http://tribblix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/cardigan-automated-install-for-

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2013-03-04 Thread Peter Tribble
Work continues on putting more flesh on the bare bones that is Tribblix. The latest update - Milestone 4 - is now available. http://www.tribblix.org/download.html The milestone reached here is to build and include OpenJDK, which opens up a new range of opportunities. (For those who missed it, one

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-18 Thread Peter Tribble
Ken, > The Xorg 7.7 packages were built awhile ago. I have a recent update for newer > Xorg driver builds for Radeon or Intel. If they've been built, where can they be downloaded from? Given built software, it's trivially easy for me to bundle it. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: [...] > That's mostly correct, but there are other benefits to 64-bit userspace > programs: [...] > - time_t support for dates after 19 January 2038, 2^31 seconds after the > Unix epoch of 1 January 1970 [...] Last I recall (Solaris 10 timef

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Moinak Ghosh
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Alan Coopersmith < alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 12/17/12 03:41 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > > On 2012-12-17 06:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >> Oh, and it assumes no one needs 32-bit binaries any more, since all > Solaris 11 > >> users have to be running th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread ken mays
Peter The Xorg 7.7 packages were built awhile ago. I have a recent update for newer Xorg driver builds for Radeon or Intel. I've updated the Illumos GCC to 4.4.7 with patches to rebuild the kernel on the fly and kept userland build intact. As for the login managers and desktops, its like pick

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/17/12 03:41 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > On 2012-12-17 06:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Oh, and it assumes no one needs 32-bit binaries any more, since all Solaris >> 11 >> users have to be running the 64-bit kernel since the 32-bit kernel was >> EOL'ed. >> (32-bit libraries are still there for

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > On 2012-12-17 06:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> >> Oh, and it assumes no one needs 32-bit binaries any more, >> [...] > > Well, I may probably get corrected (and should, if need be) - but > in such discussions I've always thought (and heard) th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
On Dec 17, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > On 2012-12-17 06:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Oh, and it assumes no one needs 32-bit binaries any more, since all Solaris >> 11 >> users have to be running the 64-bit kernel since the 32-bit kernel was >> EOL'ed. >> (32-bit libraries are still

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 12/16/12 09:56 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> On 12/16/12 09:42 PM, ken mays wrote: >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> I like it. Could you do a milestone build based on Xorg 7.7? >>> >>> Maybe: Xorg 7.7 >>> [https://hg.openindiana.org/upstream/ora

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-17 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-12-17 06:59, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Oh, and it assumes no one needs 32-bit binaries any more, since all Solaris 11 users have to be running the 64-bit kernel since the 32-bit kernel was EOL'ed. (32-bit libraries are still there for binary compatibility with other programs, it's just mo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/16/12 09:56 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 12/16/12 09:42 PM, ken mays wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> I like it. Could you do a milestone build based on Xorg 7.7? >> >> Maybe: Xorg 7.7 >> [https://hg.openindiana.org/upstream/oracle/x-cons/x-s11-update-clone/file/c0ba569ea901] > > I would not b

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/16/12 09:42 PM, ken mays wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I like it. Could you do a milestone build based on Xorg 7.7? > > Maybe: Xorg 7.7 > [https://hg.openindiana.org/upstream/oracle/x-cons/x-s11-update-clone/file/c0ba569ea901] I would not be surprised if that fails to build as-is on illumos/OI-1

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread ken mays
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 1:37 PM Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update Tribblix being a part-time hobby project means that progress tends to come in fits and starts, but I am moving along. Milestone 2 of Tribblix is based directly on Illumos. It was based on Illumos before, of course

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread dormitionsk...@hotmail.com
Any idea of what the minimum systems requirements will be? Something similar to a "server" install of OI? Less than the OI desktop? We have a very old laptop that I'd like to try to eek a few more years of use out of... Just curious. On Dec 16, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Gregory S. Youngblood wrote

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Gregory S. Youngblood
Don't know what the current state is but window maker had wdm that used to work pretty well. Disclaimer, used to maintain it briefly on Linux 10 or so years ago. Greg -- Sent from my Jelly Bean Galaxy Nexus Alan Coopersmith wrote: >On 12/16/12 11:48 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: >> >> On D

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Peter Tribble
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >> On Dec 16, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: >> [...] >>> I'm still looking for a viable graphical login manager. > > If you've pulled the entire X consolidation, then you have xdm for whatever > that's worth. I've also heard a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/16/12 11:48 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > > On Dec 16, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: > [...] >> I'm keeping a keen eye on other lightweight desktops. E17 builds >> with very little effort, and the full E17 release is just around the >> corner. It would be nice to have LXDE and aw

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
On Dec 16, 2012, at 1:37 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: [...] > I'm keeping a keen eye on other lightweight desktops. E17 builds > with very little effort, and the full E17 release is just around the > corner. It would be nice to have LXDE and awesome available as > well. I'm still looking for a viable

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2012-12-16 Thread Peter Tribble
Tribblix being a part-time hobby project means that progress tends to come in fits and starts, but I am moving along. Milestone 2 of Tribblix is based directly on Illumos. It was based on Illumos before, of course, but by proxy. Now I'm generating the packages that come from illumos-gate directly