From: Andrew Walrond Date: 2003-10-24T06:31:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby-oriented Linux distro? On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 9:49 pm, Ben Giddings wrote: > > Cool, now when you say "build me a new distro", that will typically include > a bootloader, a window manager (Gnome or KDE), a default shell, a web > browser, an editor, and a bunch of other things. Do you get to choose > them? What are the defaults and what others are supported? I'll answer for x86; x86-64 should be similar when complete Yes. Grub is included. Lilo would take minutes to add Kde works fine; Gnome used to work, but needs some attention atm I just use Konqueror; Have had mozilla working but needs bringing upto date. Shell is bash. Xemacs and Vim included. I can add any other editor you care to mention in a few minutes - thats the beauty of rubyx. You have compile control of the packages you build into your distro, including (supported) versions if you don't want the default > > Also, if you're cross compiling the distro, what format are the outputs in? > (straight binaries, tarballs, another binary package, ...) Also, how Rubyx builds a native distro to your specification into a specified dir or partition, from source. For x86-64 on a machine running a 64bit kernel but 32bit userspace, rubyx builds a cross-compile toolchain, uses that to build native toolchain and fundamental packages, chroots and builds everything else from a pure 64bit environment. I have Lots of build issues with lots of packages right now, but am making good headway (with x86-64) > easy is it to make a live CD, or an install CD? Dunno; never done it. I always build straight into a partition using an existing linux installation, or build the distro on another machine and boot the new pc with a rescue cd like bbc, then scp it over. Live cd should be real easy to do though. > > Could someone who knows both give a bullet-point summary of the differences > between Rubyx and Lunar Linux? > I doubt it, since I'm the only person using rubyx, and I haven't tried lunar yet ;) Andrew