Squeak for WinCE/x86?
Jimmie Houchin
jhouchin at texoma.net
Wed Aug 7 19:43:11 UTC 2002
I would be very interested in learning what minimal/basic/foundational
Linux setup would be needed/desired for having a fully functional system
with Squeak being the primary software used. This seems like it would
offer close to a SqueakNOS without truly being such.
I would want Squeak to have full access to hardware via appropriate
Linux drivers, etc.
I would like to possibly explore this sometime soon. I will be
purchasing a couple of hard drives and was wanting to explore with my
Linux setup. Debian Dselect seems to make an awful lot of requirements
when selecting software. :( My system seems to be putting on weight.
I am looking starting afresh and using apt-build to compile my system
for my hardware. I am also exploring the possibility of using Gentoo
which is completely optimized for your hardware. http://www.gentoo.org
Part of my motivation will be to setup one of my new drives for a server
environment (web app). No need for Gnome, KDE, etc.
Any help towards doing such greatly appreciated.
What Linux facilities will I want for a fully enabled Squeak?
Including those which could be used by OSProcess.
Thanks,
Jimmie Houchin
Cees de Groot wrote:
> <reic0024 at d.umn.edu> said:
>
>>Anyone ever thought about using WinCE on their PC as a means of running
>>Squeak?
>
> Please go wash your mouth.
>
>>Of course, the same end could be achieved with Linux or even SqueakNOS,
>>but it would be a lot more work to get to that point.
>
> Why would it be more work with Linux? It sports accelerated device drivers in
> the kernel, and putting a barebones X server between the kernel and Squeak is
> easy'nuff. There are a couple of Linux distros nowadays that emphasize 'get
> up'n'running quickly', meaning that you can plunk a ready-to-run CD in mostly
> any modern (PCI, etcetera) PC; stealing the bottom layers and starting Squeak
> would probably be a one-day job.
>
>>I feel dirty 'advocating' for M$, [...]
>
> Right you are ;-)
>
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