[Fwd: Re: EDE - Personal Suggestions and Ideas]

[Miguel Bolanos <mike@linuxlabs.com>]

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From: "Jody" <jbruchon@nc.rr.com>
To: "Miguel Bolanos" <mike@linuxlabs.com>
Subject: Re: EDE - Personal Suggestions and Ideas
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:18:37 -0400
Message-ID: <016001c44263$2bd82e80$0101a8c0@vash>

> - TCP/IP support. (Yes Alan i know we already have, i just want to
> point each thing i believe important even if it   already exists)
> - PPP support
> - Support for various NICs

I found an 8-bit "Etherlink II TP" at my storage unit, and I assume the
drivers in Linux can be used to model drivers for ELKS in some way.  (?)

> - swap support

Without protected mode that could get sticky.  How can it be done cleanly
and in a stable manner?

> - maybe ext2fs support.

Perhaps, but will ext2 perform as well as a simpler filesystem on these old
old machines?

> Then get EDE to have the following features:
>
> - Capable of been installed on a hard disk ( i know, done)
> - Boot loader

The Bootkit in EDE is binary-only and I don't think we should be sticking
with a binary-only program, so unless we can have the sources to bootkit
somehow, I say we mark these two related components as UNDONE.  How can you
install ELKS to a hard disk without a boot loader?

> - Maybe implement something like bootsplash or Linux Progress Patch
> - X support.. perhaps Microwindows can be the solution?
> - An internet browser

Anyone want to strip down Lynx?

> - a Gui mail client

Not necessarily GUI-based.

> - maybe an irc client

Why MAYBE?  IRC is important :P

> - A little "office" suite
>
> With only this little features we could make a HUGE contribution not
> only to the countries in the 3rd world, but in many others that have a
> very unstable economy and can't afford to have the top of technology to
> empower the education for example, now doing this won't mean that ELKS
> will no longer be intended for embedded systems (just in case anyone
> misunderstands me)

ELKS will most likely continue to fit in embedded systems, because we're
working on a small scale here.

> Anyways this is just my personal little idea - project, hopefully others
> will share my vision.
>
> Comments, suggestions, improvements.. are very welcome :)
> best wishes
>
> Mike

What about sound support?  If I have an 8-bit sound card (original Sound
Blaster?) then I'm gonna want to hear noises!

I suggest we start doing what ReactOS did.  We should stop talking about it
and DO it.  Focus on results rather than planning.

Someone offer to help me learn C.

Jody