[Xastir] knoppix qemu

Jerry Chamberlin jerryc at netlab.org
Fri Mar 18 21:27:10 EST 2005


Ya like a 486 33 with 2 floppies. and a 10 meg hard drive. 


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Jeremy Utley wrote:

> Knoppix is heavily bloated.  The idea I have is a minimal system -
> something that would work pretty well on an older computer as well as
> on a state of the art system.  Initially, I plan to set up a very
> basic linux system (utilizing LFS), add on X, probably fluxbox as the
> window manager, and Xastir (with nearly full library support - leave
> out gpsman/gpsmanshp/festival).  Kernel AX.25 support will not be
> supported, but I will probably put the soundmodem software on there. 
> I'll probably eventually figure out a way for the user to save his
> Xastir settings (floppy or USB keychain device seems ideal for this).
> 
> Should be a fun project, and if I get it right, could be very useful
> for demos, or situations where you might want Xastir, without going
> thru all the effort of an install.
> 
> Jeremy, NW7JU
> 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:57:17 -0600, Jason Winningham <jdw at eng.uah.edu> wrote:
> > I can'tremember the functionality we were discussing, but it looks like
> > the Knoppix disk does everything I want, assuming I can find a way to
> > shoehorn some maps onto the image.
> > 
> > -Jason
> > ----------------------------------------
> > Jason Winningham
> > Computer Systems Engineer
> > College of Engineering
> > The University of Alabama in Huntsville
> > http://support.eng.uah.edu/     http://www.eng.uah.edu/~jdw
> > 
> >
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