Porteus ARM from ARMedSlack for The Future!
Posted: 15 Mar 2012, 06:45
I have been reading up on where computers are headed, and I think ARM is an important niche to stay on top of. I am not sure what all is entailed, but I do have a love for Porteus, and would like to be with Porteus as She grows.
Reading some papers written some time ago, from prophets and sages in the computing world back then, they said basically what I personally have been desiring as I move from the dreaded end of OS X to the F/OSS world of wonder.
The Anti-Mac papers http://www.advogato.org/article/130.html and http://www.useit.com/papers/anti-mac.html basically sum up a lot of truths.
ARM computers are going to be more wanting from the poor souls who went on the iPad and Android kick. When they come back to realizing real computers have more power, they will be desiring the low power consumption and portability capabilities of ARM, but want POWER, which lies in the Terminal. And so far for most of us trying to learn the command line, its not an easy transition, unless born and raised into it like so many currently are today; and which these Anti-Mac papers spoke of back in the day.
Slackware is about the only original OS that still accommodates all levels of Operators. Arch, FreeBSD, Crux, they still remain hard to learn relatively. Though Arch and FreeBSD are active in ARM, they remain what they are, not accommodating to the run of the mill computer user. ARMedSlack on the other hand, being of Slackware, is Slackware. And the Porteus I believe should have an ARM Porteus, since its such a groovy handy tool that could perform its wonders in the ARM world which is coming.
I beg of the Porteus gang to take a peek at ARMedSlack http://www.armedslack.org/ and see what all is needed to get an ARM project rolling for Porteus. I emailed the Trim-Slice people showing them Porteus, and kind of pulled at them to consider funding for Porteus. They have not replied yet. I have seen some work Arch ARM is doing on the Trim-Slice. The Trim-Slice is not exactly "new", but it is a forerunner for what is to come.
I really believe in Porteus, and personally would like it to be my OS of choice whether on a Think Pad or an ARM machine when you all get that partition manager going. As is it is still a wonderful tool. Saved my butt when I encountered a huge disaster when attempting to be rid of OS X on this MacBook Pro once and for all, it was horrible. But then again, not so bad, because Porteus was the only means I had to get a System going so I could get online and research how to fix my broken machine. I got suckered into trying a pre-release of the PC-BSD 9.1 . And the ZFS scheme along with GPT/MBR made it very hard to boot anything in my arsenal, especially the OS X. Porteus rescued me.
Computers in the near future are not going to be KDE centric, but more into the Terminal. I am currently investing my energy into getting a personal vision going of an interactive Terminal/Editor to handle people like me who are not born into the Terminal. Like a massive talking and listening Emacs. I think it a travesty for F/OSS to expend so much effort to build massive Desktop Environments full of GUI just like OS X and Windows, like Ubumtu for instance. As people flock again to F/OSS, they want the Power, and that is in the command line. Making that more accessible is my aim. I am more an Open Box kind of guy wishing I knew the Terminal better. So I want to build a massive talking farting singing Emacs. I know, frightening, but for us new to it, its needed.
So anyway, back to ARM. Its so cheap now, just imagine in a couple years, even people in the most poor places will be able to pick up ARM machines for peanuts. And if Porteus were there, everybody could be up and running in no time with a System not lacking a thing, but giving them a tool to do anything.
Anything I can do to help, I am all ears. As I said, I am kinda naive as to what all is entailed. But I know the miracle you all have pulled off with Porteus 1.2rc, and its truly amazing. I doubt it is too far off for you to take off from ARMedSlack and Arch ARM, and run with it making a Porteus ARM version. As I learn things and can feel safe in applying them, I hope to be of help here ARM or not. Outside of building my own Slackware, Arch and FreeBSD Think Pad when I get back to Hawaii, I will always try to keep up with Porteus. The others are for learning purposes for me mainly. As is, all my wishes of expertise in building a System, are already here in Porteus.
Please give it some serious consideration, and I will keep plugging along on my end to see where I can fit in. Any suggestions or criticism is welcome. I like being where the winners are. Porteus is all that! I would like to see it dominate the ARM Race too!
Rock on!
Georg
Reading some papers written some time ago, from prophets and sages in the computing world back then, they said basically what I personally have been desiring as I move from the dreaded end of OS X to the F/OSS world of wonder.
The Anti-Mac papers http://www.advogato.org/article/130.html and http://www.useit.com/papers/anti-mac.html basically sum up a lot of truths.
ARM computers are going to be more wanting from the poor souls who went on the iPad and Android kick. When they come back to realizing real computers have more power, they will be desiring the low power consumption and portability capabilities of ARM, but want POWER, which lies in the Terminal. And so far for most of us trying to learn the command line, its not an easy transition, unless born and raised into it like so many currently are today; and which these Anti-Mac papers spoke of back in the day.
Slackware is about the only original OS that still accommodates all levels of Operators. Arch, FreeBSD, Crux, they still remain hard to learn relatively. Though Arch and FreeBSD are active in ARM, they remain what they are, not accommodating to the run of the mill computer user. ARMedSlack on the other hand, being of Slackware, is Slackware. And the Porteus I believe should have an ARM Porteus, since its such a groovy handy tool that could perform its wonders in the ARM world which is coming.
I beg of the Porteus gang to take a peek at ARMedSlack http://www.armedslack.org/ and see what all is needed to get an ARM project rolling for Porteus. I emailed the Trim-Slice people showing them Porteus, and kind of pulled at them to consider funding for Porteus. They have not replied yet. I have seen some work Arch ARM is doing on the Trim-Slice. The Trim-Slice is not exactly "new", but it is a forerunner for what is to come.
I really believe in Porteus, and personally would like it to be my OS of choice whether on a Think Pad or an ARM machine when you all get that partition manager going. As is it is still a wonderful tool. Saved my butt when I encountered a huge disaster when attempting to be rid of OS X on this MacBook Pro once and for all, it was horrible. But then again, not so bad, because Porteus was the only means I had to get a System going so I could get online and research how to fix my broken machine. I got suckered into trying a pre-release of the PC-BSD 9.1 . And the ZFS scheme along with GPT/MBR made it very hard to boot anything in my arsenal, especially the OS X. Porteus rescued me.
Computers in the near future are not going to be KDE centric, but more into the Terminal. I am currently investing my energy into getting a personal vision going of an interactive Terminal/Editor to handle people like me who are not born into the Terminal. Like a massive talking and listening Emacs. I think it a travesty for F/OSS to expend so much effort to build massive Desktop Environments full of GUI just like OS X and Windows, like Ubumtu for instance. As people flock again to F/OSS, they want the Power, and that is in the command line. Making that more accessible is my aim. I am more an Open Box kind of guy wishing I knew the Terminal better. So I want to build a massive talking farting singing Emacs. I know, frightening, but for us new to it, its needed.
So anyway, back to ARM. Its so cheap now, just imagine in a couple years, even people in the most poor places will be able to pick up ARM machines for peanuts. And if Porteus were there, everybody could be up and running in no time with a System not lacking a thing, but giving them a tool to do anything.
Anything I can do to help, I am all ears. As I said, I am kinda naive as to what all is entailed. But I know the miracle you all have pulled off with Porteus 1.2rc, and its truly amazing. I doubt it is too far off for you to take off from ARMedSlack and Arch ARM, and run with it making a Porteus ARM version. As I learn things and can feel safe in applying them, I hope to be of help here ARM or not. Outside of building my own Slackware, Arch and FreeBSD Think Pad when I get back to Hawaii, I will always try to keep up with Porteus. The others are for learning purposes for me mainly. As is, all my wishes of expertise in building a System, are already here in Porteus.
Please give it some serious consideration, and I will keep plugging along on my end to see where I can fit in. Any suggestions or criticism is welcome. I like being where the winners are. Porteus is all that! I would like to see it dominate the ARM Race too!
Rock on!
Georg