[PLUG] how small will Gentoo go?

[Carla Schroder]

On Thursday 09 November 2006 06:52, Keith Nasman wrote:
> Carla Schroder wrote:
> > hey all,
> >
> > How small can you make a Gentoo installation? I want to roll my own
> > firewall/WAP/router Linux, and I want it to be as small as possible, and
> > to be easily customizable and upgradeable. Which sounds like Gentoo, does
> > it not? Pyramid Linux, Pebble, and other WAP Linuxes weigh in from 50-128
> > megabytes. How does Gentoo compare? Here's a sample feature list:
..
> > I want to keep it under 64 megabytes.
> >
> > thanks!
>
> Carla,
>
> www.gumstix.com might be an option. Not only do they have really small
> form formfactors but you can roll your own software to install. Give
> them a look.
>
> Keith

Gumstix are cooool. I want one for a road-warrior VoIP device. :)
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