[LUGSB] Stripped down linux

[Alan Macleod]

Thank you everyone for the great advice and links!

I post again if I get something up and running.

 

-Alan

 

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From: lugsb-bounces at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu
[mailto:lugsb-bounces at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu] On Behalf Of Jeremy Stuart Tocher
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:51 AM
To: Linux Users Group at Stony Brook
Subject: Re: [LUGSB] Stripped down linux

 

Take a look at webconverger.  [webconverger.com]  It's a stripped down
distribution that is basically just a web browser, very fast.  Many boot
options.

-jst

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Benjamin Kudria <ben at kudria.net> wrote:

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 22:59, Alan Macleod <fergus4 at bellatlantic.net>
wrote:
> I use puppy for it now but if there is a power failure it will not boot
> properly. I usually hangs and requests manual restart of xwin.

Perhaps you should look into this issues - it sounds like, otherwise,
Puppy meets your needs.  Or, try search for kiosk Linux distros -
these are designed to boot quickly, and ensure some app is always
running, restarting it if it crashes, etc.  I don't know of any, but I
imagine you'd find plenty if you ysed the search keyword 'kiosk'.


> I read of someone using a minimal distro with x but no window manager to
run
> firefox as a kiosk. Firefox would auto start with no need for a window
> manager. That's what I would prefer..

Yes, you don't need a WM here - after you start X, you should be able
start Firefox (or whatever), and it should take up the entire screen.
Again, a kiosk-like distro would probably have utilities and default
configurations for this sort of thing.

Hope that helps!

-Ben Kudria

PS: After you get it in a working state, it would be awesome if you
could give a talk! You could cover the distro setup, and/or REBOL+your
app.


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