Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 04:47:52 -0400 (EDT) From: jose@cnct.com To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Chris Coleman <chris@bb.cc.wa.us>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Disk X Server? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980701043953.13467A-100000@cnct.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980630215558.11938C-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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Some time back there was a linux distribution that provided x11r5 on a floppy (later versions used 2 floppies or a small hd partition).. it's name escapes me at the moment.. there is also the tinyX distribution, which although is found on linux arhives, is subject to the XFree copyright (it's based on XFree 1.3).. granted these are rather dated, but they are functional nonetheless and if nothing else, they can be used as a guideline for putting together an PicoBSD X on a Floppy snap. I think it can be done, but at a definate loss of functionality, so it may not suit everyone's (anyone's?) needs.. > > Where are we at in regards to X on a Floppy? > > IMO it can't be done. Not with XFree. Period. > > What I did manage was to put another GUI system, and it works, but it's > rather primitive... You can get a copy from > http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/preview/preview2.tgz > > > Does it have a Web page? > > Not really... I came to the above conclusion, and for now the work on it > stopped. There are some pointers on ~abial/small.html. > > > Who is on the project? > > Me? You? :-) > > > Do we have a CVS repository for PicoBSD? > > Not yet (at least publicly available) - I started to use CVS after v0.31, > so this is really the beginning of the CVS tree. > > Andrzej Bialecki > > --------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- > abial@nask.pl | if(halt_per_mth > 0) { fetch("http://www.freebsd.org") } > Research & Academic | "Be open-minded, but don't let your brains to fall out." > Network in Poland | All of the above (and more) is just my personal opinion. > --------------------+--------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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