Bodhi Linux is nice :-) Best regards Nio
Den 2014-09-16 14:26, Phill Whiteside skrev: > And just to add to the mix, it seems that bohdi linux is going to > shortly arrive under 'our' banner as the existing TL is retiring due to > RL issues and eagles will be taking over. Not fully cast in stone yet, > but it does seem that way. So, we get another low resource *buntu in the > family!. No one ever say that we do not offer choice :) > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 15 September 2014 13:36, Israel <isr...@torios.org > <mailto:isr...@torios.org>> wrote: > > Hi Nio, > I think the OBI option would be good. Though I think for ToriOS 1.0 we > will need to simply stick with what we have for right now. > > But I think this will be something I will investigate further for later > usage. It may not provide much extra benefit. Though it may... However > I am going to concentrate on the major issues for now. > > I was kinda hoping someone would know more about whether this was > doable... though I do think it should be.... I may do some testing but > there are some things I need to finish before I start something else :) > > On 09/14/2014 11:11 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > Hi Israel, > > > > I do not fully understand how an installation along those lines should > > work. But I know that you understand a lot about creating a full > > operating system, so I encourage you to try it; to do what you > want with > > a much smaller foot-print than doing it with ubiquity. > > > > Another option might be to extend the OBI to take advantage of an > > existing home partition; to let you include it or copy it to be > used in > > the system that is being installed. > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > Den 2014-09-14 22:37, Israel skrev: > >> Hi all, > >> I agree in both respects. > >> The target system is something that will freeze up using ubiquity.... > >> however, > >> our target is also people that want a lightweight environment that is > >> fairly easy to set up, and is fully customizable. This would > make using > >> Ubiquity ideal for some people... however, > >> I have an idea that we could in effect partition the harddrive > for the > >> user based on a few options, and detecting what is already on the > >> machine (is it Linux, or not?). > >> Then make a chroot on the computer from stored packages in > /var/apt/cache > >> and install grub2 to it.... and voila. > >> It could be a simple dialog program that asks a couple of > questions, and > >> runs basically the script we already have to build the Live CD, > but uses > >> /dev/sdX mounted at /mnt/OS as the chroot directory. it could > >> potentially link /dev/sdN as the /home of the new system. > >> > >> Phill, does this seem reasonable? Am I missing something major > in what > >> I understand here? This seems like what Ubiquity would be doing > in essence. > >> > >> On 09/14/2014 10:33 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >>> No, I'm not joking, Phill :-D > >>> > >>> Ubiquity should not be the only installer, because it has a heavy > >>> foot-print, as you wrote. I certainly agree with you about that. > >>> > >>> But I think many people 'need it' to set up their system in an > advanced > >>> way, with several partitions or with OEM. > >>> > >>> For OEM it is enough to include ubiquity in the tarball and not > in the > >>> installer (live system). We can consider that. > >>> > >>> -o- > >>> > >>> But I suggest that we do *not* include ubiquity in the present > version > >>> of ToriOS. > >>> > >>> The alternate installer is an entirely different concept without > a live > >>> session. It would create a doublet system, that I do not think > we should > >>> bother about for ToriOS. The OBI needs much less RAM than the > alternate > >>> installer, and it is much faster and much more stable, > particularly with > >>> low end computers. > >>> > >>> Who needs a very complicated partition system on a very old and weak > >>> computer? I think some people want it, but do they really need > it? Many > >>> people (including me) are happy with one root partition, one swap > >>> partition and a *data partition*, that need not be included in the > >>> system setup, and that can be managed separately for pictures, > music, > >>> video, etc). This is easily set up with gparted and used by the > OBI at > >>> the advanced OBI level. > >>> > >>> It might be different in a more powerful computer, but then > ubiquity can > >>> do the job. > >>> > >>> Best regards > >>> Nio > >>> > >>> Den 2014-09-14 16:51, Phill Whiteside skrev: > >>>> WHAT???? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 14 September 2014 15:22, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > >>>> <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>>> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> So even I would say that ubiquity should be bundled with > ToriOS, maybe > >>>> not in the first version, but in the next version, or in a > DVD version > >>>> (oversized for CD disks), while we must keep a very lean CD > version. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> you are joking. > >>>> > >>>> Use the alternate installer as per lubuntu. A lot of the > machines you > >>>> are aiming for could not run ubiquity! Lubuntu runs on less > than what > >>>> Ubiquity needs. > >>>> > >>>> Just my thoughts, > >>>> > >>>> Phill. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > >> > > > -- > Regards > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
