Smaller packages Emdebian Crush the smallest Emdebian installationsBusybox based root filesystem and packages to support the PalmtopEnvironment based on GTK2 or any workable package selection inbetween. Kernels and kernel modules are not provided directly but support existsto add custom kernels to the installation tarballs. Packages are heavily modified and crossbuilt functionalchanges exist between Emdebian Crush and standard Debian. Using the samepackages with Debian installation is likely to be little different tothe same packages with an Emdebian installation. Few if any functional changes compared to Debian. Support is expected for i386, amd64, powerpc, arm, armel, mips and mipsel.
We already have tools,toolchains and root filesystem, but more work is needed to have fulldistributions ready to build or download. Support for standard Debian tools like debootstrapand debianinstaller. Subsequent releaseswill migrate to armel instead of ARM and include i386, mips and mipsel. Powerpc support can be considered, if there is sufficient interest. Installations of Emdebian Crush require significant user involvement,images will not generally be available for direct download. Smaller packages Emdebian Crush the smallest Emdebian installationsBusybox based root filesystem and packages to support the PalmtopEnvironment based on GTK2 or any workable package selection inbetween.
What about low resource machines? Emdebian is based on packagesalready in Debian that are intended for such purposes. Support for standard Debian tools like debootstrapand debianinstaller. Subsequent releaseswill migrate to armel instead of ARM and include i386, mips and mipsel. Powerpc support can be considered, if there is sufficient interest. Installations of Emdebian Crush require significant user involvement,images will not generally be available for direct download. Anyone with an interest inthis area is very welcome to help. News Emdebian at LinuxLive! London.
Other machines can accommodatea typical Debian installation but would have little available space foruser data etc. SomeEmdebian installations can make lower demands on the machine hardwarebut this would be because the Emdebian installation is based on Debian and therefore uses Debian packages. If there areother packages that would suit low resource machines, Emdebian developersare often willing to assist in getting the packages into Debian and thereby,Emdebian. Instead,each installation is customised from the available package set using thescripts in the emdebianrootfs package and possibly fewcustom packages crossbuilt using scripts in the emdebiantoolspackage.
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