T2 / OpenFlightLinux

[Guillaume FORTAINE <gui.fortaine@orange.fr>]

Misters,

Let me introduce myself : Guillaume FORTAINE, French student in computer 
engineering. It's an honor for me to send to you this mail. I am 
currently doing researches about OS engineering.


To quote :
> *T2 could in fact team with FL and push both of our development 
> further. But, I would need to get more familiar with your dev process 
> and roadmap. And, I am very open to joint collaboration if we are 
> close in philosophy. *
> **
*Robert Whetsel* - is a decorated war veteran with over 15 years of 
Information Management and Technology experience and 19 years of 
business management experience. Currently, he is the Chief Maintainer 
for the Open FlightLinux Project, the founder of The Open Business 
Foundation, Adjunct Professor - Computer Science at Frederick Community 
College, and serves on the Steering Committee for the Governor’s 
Workforce Investment Board Information Technology Cluster Initiative for 
the State of Maryland.




"What is DeLi Linux ?

DeLi Linux stands for "Desktop Light" Linux. It is a Linux Distribution 
for old computers, from 486 to Pentium II or so. It's focused on desktop 
usage. It includes email clients, graphical web browser, an office 
programs with word processor and spreadsheet, and so on. A full install, 
including XOrg and development tools, needs not more than 350 MB of 
harddisk space.

The trick is, that DeLi Linux uses only "lightweight" alternative 
software. If you are looking for the newest KDE, GNOME or Mozilla, DeLi 
Linux will not make you happy. The test computer is a 486 laptop with 16 
MB RAM, and all apps which comes with DeLi Linux are running smoothly.

"Why the heck make a Linux for such old crap ?" you may ask. There are 
still many computers around with the configuration mentioned above, it 
would be a shame to waste them. Many people simply cannot buy a 4 Ghz 
machine for 1000 $ or more, but they can buy a Pentium I 133 for 50 $ 
from ebay. Many people are still happy with the computer they bought 
five years ago. Especially in the so-called third world, new hardware is 
not affordable. Well, there's still Windows95 or Windows 3.1, which 
will  run on these machines, too. But these versions are not supported 
by MS anymore, they are no longer in production, and finally, you will 
not get any software for this old Windows version. "




"OpenFlightLinux.org is a community of application developers committed 
to the evolution of a GNU Linux distribution based on three core 
concepts: superior engineering, next-generation design concepts, and 
open standards. We follow these core concepts for the distribution to be 
highly reliable, available (fault-tolerant), and easily maintained. The 
FlightLinux distribution provides an ideal platform for mission critical 
applications. FlightLinux is built from source code using best practices 
from GNU Linux and BSD. It can be customized as a development platform, 
a server, an embedded real-time system, an appliance, a spacecraft, a 
cluster, …even a desktop.




"T2 System Development Environment

... more than a distribution next generation.

T2 SDE is not just a common Linux distribution - it is a flexible Open 
Source System Development Environment or Distribution Build Kit (some 
might even name it Meta Distribution ...). T2 allows the creation of 
custom distributions with bleeding edge technology, up-to-date packages 
and integrated support for cross compilation. Currently the Linux kernel 
is normally used - but we are expanding to Minix, Hurd, OpenDarwin and 
OpenBSD - more to come."





To quote from the Deli Linux wiki :

"


   The road to DeLi Linux 0.8

Now that DeLi Linux 0.7.2 is released it’s time to think about version 0.8

As I have pointed out in this post 
<http://www.delilinux.de/forum/topic.php?post=268#post268> I think the 
future of DeLi lies partly in the development of embedded linux distros, 
since embedded devices and old computers share one common thing: low 
ressources. We should look at the developments made there
"

And I believe that it is more true as embedded devices will become the 
next trend in a near future ( 400 millions PCs vs 1 billion mobile 
phones in 2006 )


So, I have mailed, the debian kernel/uclibc, OpenFlightLinux, T2 SDE and 
Deli Linux maintainers to have their opinion on the subject.


I look forward to your answer,

Best Regards,

               Guillaume FORTAINE



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