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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Introducing ConnochaetOS


From: jaromil
Subject: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Introducing ConnochaetOS
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:01:41 +0200
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hi Henry,

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 04:34:23PM +0200, Henry Jensen wrote:
> ConnochaetOS will be a free operating system for the desktop with
> old computers in mind but with modern software.  The name
> ConnochaetOS derives from "Connochaetes", the scientific name for
> "Gnu". ConnochaetOS will contain only free software, according to
> the GNU Guidelines for Free System Distributions. We aim for minimal
> hardware requirements, as low as a Pentium I processor and 64 MB RAM
> for a graphical desktop.

this sounds like very good news! while i'm forwarding your heads-up to
the developer community behind dyne:bolic, i can already anticipate
we'd be happy to offer you hosting facilities, like bugtracker, git
repository, mailinglist and visibility among our community, so that
our efforts can benefit from each other.

dyne:bolic has among its main features that of minimizing hardware
requirements. it was not updated since 2007, but we are currently
active for what will be the last update of the 2.x series, based on
LFS 6.

what are you planning to base Connochaetos on? i can recommend LFS as
being a very good start for a system crafted in good detail, but later
on very difficult to port for PPC computers like old Macintosh
hardware, a missed goal for dyne:bolic so far.

ciao!


- --
jaromil, dyne.org developer, http://jaromil.dyne.org

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