[iPAQ] ["Bill Warner" <wwarner@direct-alliance.com>] Re: [Linux] distribution strategy

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My idea of having the theameability would be as a way to get
around the 16 meg limit of the flash. So to have the best possible
pda you could devote the entire area to pims, note takers, hand
writing, keyboards, solitaire, and such. While a developer
one you might need that space for gcc headers and source code
and may not even need X. and still a power user might also want
things like vi emacs or other that would fill up that space fast.
of course you could always implement these things with flash cards
or nfs but it would not be as portable as if it were all in flash.

of corse there should probably be a utility to change that flash
section almost on the fly if possible.

Bill Warner

> Bill Warner <wwarner@direct-alliance.com> writes:
>
> > This is my idea at first glance. Mostly just to try to spark
> > discussion on the subject.
> >
> > /etc /var /tmp /home
>
> > /usr
> > this is going to be the big one. I was thinking of having it
> > 'Themeable'
>
> Bill, you have some good ideas. Here's some more food for thought...
>
> The original intention of the creation of /var a number of years ago
> was to allow /usr to be a (fairly) static, read-only if possible, file
> system. Files that changed regularly went into /var (files that var-y).
>
> This is probably a really good place to try to implement that paradigm
> properly. The static parts of Themes you refer could therefore go
> into /usr, while any user-configurable options and data files would go
> into /var or user's home directory (generally in /var).
>
> Watchathink?
>
> Derrell
>

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Bill Warner
Direct Alliance Corp.
Unix/Linux Admin.