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Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen wrote: |
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> Hi there, |
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> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 19:02:30 wireless wrote: |
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>> Hello, |
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>> Is GNAP and the Google summer of Code going to |
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>> complete the work on making GNAP current? |
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> With some fixes it is still possible to build GNAP. I just successfully build |
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> from the 20090319 snapshot and you have to tinker abit to make everything |
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> work. I haven't had the chance to test the build yet though. |
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> I haven't yet tested the final stages to see if they actually boot. |
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I'd be interested to test your final results. |
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Drop me a line, when you can. |
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>> Any discussion of the GNAP plans are most welcome. |
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>> I have a bunch of old 486-P1 that I like to |
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>> put GNAP on for kids and teenagers to use |
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>> as the basis of projects and experimentation. |
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>> Lots of this old hardware is everywhere |
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>> and embedded gentoo on it, makes a lot |
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>> of sense for teenagers to tinker around with.... |
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> I'm not really sure that I'd use GNAP for this task though without X and many |
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> other normal applications. I think I would try DSL on a USB thumbdrive..... |
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Hmmmm, |
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X and all that gui stuff would not be necessary. Just a linux kernel, |
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some basic packages, and a target system, such as a firewall or a |
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secondary DNS or terminal server type of box would be the result. Sure |
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things other than gentoo can be used. But, I like Gentoo, I use it |
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every day and it (embedded gentoo) can be a stepping stone to |
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something like embedded-gentoo on a cell-phone/pda, eventually. |
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I had envisioned a second system (gentoo) to run as a development |
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workstation, not using the 3/4/586 box do develop on, to cross |
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compile from etc etc. I manage quite a few |
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Gentoo workstations for folks, so this does not seem to be |
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an issue. Anybody that uses this approach, most likely will have |
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a pc that can support linux development as a workstation. |
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Some form of GNAP or such makes sense because |
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of the incredible amount of legacy gear one can find for free |
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as an embedded platform to hack on. Later on, Via or any other x86 |
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derivatives could be the next level of endeavor, once they have |
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successfully used and old i386/486/586 arch box successfully. |
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