On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 17:44 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:49:32PM +0100, Alan Cox > > wrote: > > > > * Related to the last, no simple caching > > software. The last I knew, > > > > there was no RPM analog to the Debian > > apt-cacher. This caches deb > > > > > > RPM doesn't need a specialist tool for this > > thankfully. Squid and similar > > > generic caching setups can handle it quite nicely. > > It is true we don't > > > have a package that does that setup in one go (or > > I've not found it > > > anyway). > > > > An excellent point. > > > > I don't know how long squid will cache a file; I > > assume that's > > configurable. apt-cache can be called (from cron) to > > purge only > > packages that have been superceded. So you can > > update machine A in > > January, and machine B in March, and if a package > > pulled in in January > > is still the current package machine B will get it > > from the local > > cache. > > > > Even so, a squid sounds better than my rsync setup. > > > > > > > > > > > * I prefer XFCE or similar lightweight desktops > > for these machines. I > > > > can get XFCE with xubuntu. I see no Fedora > > analog. > > > > > > Fedora includes xfce packages, they just aren't > > burned on the standard > > > CDs but are in the yum repository. > > > > True. Is there an XFCE only installation option? > > Absent an XFCE > > specific CD, that would require network access, and > > likely slow down > > installation time. Neither one is a major obstacle > > for most people in > > rich countries. For folks in poorer countries, > > either one could be a > > show stopper. > > Charles, > > Rahul wrote the following: > <quote> > Not that it makes a huge difference now but > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005.html > > Rahul > </quote> > > Take it for a spin if there is still time. A friend > of mine has two old machines in that situation, but I > still consider that even Xubuntu will not run on them > old PII with 64 MB ram :( Tried to boot Slitaz, but > it failed to boot :(, DSL and Austrumi work, but I > cannot get machines to identify the network and > connect. Heh, I installed early versions of RH and Caldera on a 486 DX2/66 with 32 megs of memory and they ran like a charm. So much for the good-ole-days. Of course I had to roll a new kernel for the 486, after which the speed up was noticeable. <grinning> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
