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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Wed 25 Nov 2009, 17:43 Post subject:
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I have a few ideas to improve Linux in general, and they involve the kernel.
One is the boot sequence, and another is a new link type.
For booting why use a initrd.gz file? Just use a kernel and an SFS file.
And once it`s stablized the SFS file can be included in the kernel.
Only 1 file`s needed for the entire base Puppy Linux distro.!
The other is a new type of link to augment the existing ones.
A hard link points only to files on the same partition.
A symbolic link points to files or directories on any partition.
A multi. link would only point to multiple directories on any partition.
I`ve looked into this myself, but it`s a long learning curve for a few mods.
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Sun 29 Nov 2009, 23:56 Post subject:
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Bumping the post to the top of the forum...
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Mon 30 Nov 2009, 00:45 Post subject:
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Sounds a little Quirky . . .
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Quirky
Barrys Blog on Quirky
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=01186
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon 30 Nov 2009, 14:21 Post subject:
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Parallel thought paths, hummmm...
Part of what I proposed, the other half is getting rid of the initrd.gz file.
Thanks Lobster...
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Mon 30 Nov 2009, 17:29 Post subject:
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try xPUD ... it has been "quirky" for a while now - boots really fast too.
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon 30 Nov 2009, 22:37 Post subject:
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Very interesting technosaurus, looks and sounds like Chrome OS.
This type of OS has a lot of potential for business and simple OSs.
But I still favor the current full Linux OS, just not the current setup.
As has been said... Linux`s big problem is installing applications.
The standard install method pollutes the dir. tree with many files.
SFS files don`t. Both SFS and loose files will work non-unioned.
SFS files don`t need to track installed files like the current install.
Loose files are easily corrupted and it`s hard to track it down.
SFS files don`t corrupt easily, and to fix it just copy a new file over.
Puppy is reliable because of it`s main boot SFS file, few loose files.
The fewer loose files Puppy is made of, the better it will become.
Fewer loose files = fast, secure, reliable, simple, and better...
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