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Abigail Merlin

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05-14-2009 10:51

Anyone know a distro that fits on a 512 MB usb pen and will run henri's cool viewer?
I looked at ubunta but it needs at least a 2GB usb pen, I'm not sure there is even any that fits on a 512 MB and has either KDE or GNOME (I think either of those is needed to run a SL viewer)

Kornscope Komachi

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Join date: 30 Aug 2006

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05-14-2009 17:56

Damn Small Linux (DSL) comes in around 50Mb with Fxce (I think) desktop. You don't need KDE/Gnome to run SL, just the graphics drivers correctly installed.
Anyway, go visit distrowatch.org

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Katheryne Helendale

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05-15-2009 03:27

Will SL run on DSL? I would think there'd be some significant dependency issues, such as gstreamer, certain non-free codecs, and so on. I suppose if one didn't care about music/media streaming or voice, it might work.

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eekee Eebus

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05-17-2009 15:41

I've run some calculations on my system & found you might just-about be able to put a custom system together to run any SL viewer in under 512MB, but the cool viewer alone is 132MB There's no way you'd have room for a web browser and you may have to do without video playback.

I'd use Source Mage to put together a system, keeping in mind to omit /var/*/sorcery and /usr/include from the drive image. Then again it would need quite a bit of trial and error, and Source Mage being source-based you'd need a fair machine to put it together.

advice on distro for coolviewer on usbpen
Abigail Merlin Child av on the lose Join date: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 777	05-14-2009 10:51 Anyone know a distro that fits on a 512 MB usb pen and will run henri's cool viewer? I looked at ubunta but it needs at least a 2GB usb pen, I'm not sure there is even any that fits on a 512 MB and has either KDE or GNOME (I think either of those is needed to run a SL viewer)
Kornscope Komachi Transitional human Join date: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 1,041	05-14-2009 17:56 Damn Small Linux (DSL) comes in around 50Mb with Fxce (I think) desktop. You don't need KDE/Gnome to run SL, just the graphics drivers correctly installed. Anyway, go visit distrowatch.org _____________________ SCOPE Homes, Bangu -----------------------------------------------------------------
Katheryne Helendale (loading...) Join date: 5 Jun 2008 Posts: 2,187	05-15-2009 03:27 Will SL run on DSL? I would think there'd be some significant dependency issues, such as gstreamer, certain non-free codecs, and so on. I suppose if one didn't care about music/media streaming or voice, it might work. _____________________ From: Debra Himmel Of course, its all just another conspiracy, and I'm a conspiracy nut. Need a high-quality custom or pre-fab home? Please check out my XStreetSL Marketplace at http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=231434/ or IM me in-world.
eekee Eebus Registered User Join date: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 2	05-17-2009 15:41 I've run some calculations on my system & found you might just-about be able to put a custom system together to run any SL viewer in under 512MB, but the cool viewer alone is 132MB There's no way you'd have room for a web browser and you may have to do without video playback. I'd use Source Mage to put together a system, keeping in mind to omit /var/*/sorcery and /usr/include from the drive image. Then again it would need quite a bit of trial and error, and Source Mage being source-based you'd need a fair machine to put it together.

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