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[Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>]

Albert van Dam wrote:

> Hi all
>
> My company has a GUI app (written in Kylix and will therefore require qt
> libraries) that needs to run on a Geode 300 MHz with 128MB RAM. The boot
> time must be sub 5 min.
>  
BasicLinux can do that at least :) Although installing QT will be a 
hassle, if possible :(

> I think BasicLinux will do - haven't tried the app on it though.
>
> Can someone give me pointers as to:
> - How to change the bootup that it boots directly into X
> - Which X server you are using - We are using a Salt PenMount DMC9000 touch
> screen. There is driver support for XFree86 4.x.x, XFree86 3.3.6, RedHat
> 7.3/8.0, RedHat 9.0, SuSE 8.0, SuSE 9.0, Slackware 10.0
>  
BasicLinux uses Xvesa. You'd have to compile XFree86 on Slackware 4.0 
unless you use BasicLinux 2.

> - Which of the above drivers should I try?
> - Will BasicLinux be able to do what I want from it? Or should I try
> something else? What would that something else be?
>  
For your needs, I would recommend a much more desktopish linux.
As long as you use the blackbox window manager, BLAG 10000 would be your 
best choice for this sort of thing:

http://www.blagblagblag.org/

I've heard it runs fine for most people on computers with 266mhz and 
128MB of RAM as long as you use the blackbox window manager.

The major reason I'd recommend it is because it includes most things you 
need out of the box, like QT, XFree86 4, and its a single CD, plus its free.

Sorry, but I just wouldn't recommend BasicLinux in this case, as its too 
much work.

> TIA
>
> Albert
>
>  
--Stephen Clement