[OLPC-Philippines] OLPC Ph Jan.31 meeting

[Carlos Nazareno]

> The initial aim of the VectorLinux community was to create a distro which
> could run on older platforms (e.g. 486's and early Pentiums) so that old
> pc's donated to schools and other institutions could still be put to good
> use.  The result was a very fast Slack-based distro which ran on standard
> x86 systems.  I am not familiar with the Geode but since it is x86
> compatible, the speed should be more than satisfactory.

Precisely. I don't think Ubuntu and Fedora can make early linux claims
and run on those kinds of machines anymore. I don't know if it's just
memories colored by nostalgia, but my old Pentium 233MMX +  Win98
seemed to perform snappier than XO OS (Fedora + Sugar) and Teapot's
Ubuntu on the XO.

> Porting it to the XO shouldn't be a problem.  I guess the biggest issue
> would be which UI to use.

Much to your chagrin, XFCE is probably the best and not IceWM (or
LXDE). The biggest consideration is that I believe XFCE has more
support than those other lightweight window managers.

Kent, next steps in porting VectorLinux?

Could you do this yourself?

If not, can you get in touch with your old VectorLinux contacts and
see if anyone could see about porting VectorLinux?

-Naz

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