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Leledumbo

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Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« on: September 17, 2011, 02:58:50 pm »
I'd like to test some window managers written in FPC. Since none of them are in production quality, I won't risk my Linux installation. Instead, I'll take a very small distro with x11(+dev), with no apps if possible. Does anybody have a reference?
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Re: Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2011, 03:07:46 pm »
Try choose something on Distrowatch.

This: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=tinycore seems have installed Xorg.

BTW, what window managers written in FPC ? Are there any links ?
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Re: Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2011, 04:10:35 pm »
I have been up all night playing around with TinyCore trying to find a good minimalist installation. FPC (2.4.2) is in the repository and installs fine. About 12mb total size, runs from ram. There is a super minimalist version called Microcore with the total bare minimum system. Only 3 files total. Gather all the libraries you will need in a folder and ISO it together for a custom distro.

i would like an fpGUI distro myself.
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Re: Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2011, 04:36:38 pm »
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This: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=tinycore seems have installed Xorg.
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There is a super minimalist version called Microcore with the total bare minimum system. Only 3 files total. Gather all the libraries you will need in a folder and ISO it together for a custom distro.
Got it, I'll try Microcore and hope it has X11 package to form my requirement. Thanks.
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BTW, what window managers written in FPC ? Are there any links ?
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Free_Pascal_Window_Manager
http://sourceforge.net/projects/monkeywm/
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Re: Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2011, 05:00:11 pm »
Yeah, the idea is to start off with a simple directory with all the files you need. You then can  mount the MicroCore the first time and custom build the persistance layer, and save/burn copies of the installation.
Basically you must specify what loads and how is all at the first configuration is all.

Are you talking about a window manager like fgGUI?

It is all FPC

http://opensoft.homeip.net:8080/fpgui/#Introduction
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Re: Super Mega Ultimately Tiny Linux distribution (but with X11)?
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2011, 07:17:01 pm »
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Are you talking about a window manager like fgGUI?
No, fpGUI is not a window manager. It's a widget library.
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