[PLUG] Specifying a minimalist/instuctional/??? Linux install

[Larry Brigman]

Not totally sure this is relevant but the free class on edx might be useful.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-2#.VIYdyUSv40c


On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> Michael Dexter wrote:
> > On 12/8/14 11:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> The short form of my personal goal is:
> >>       1. bring back*PERSONAL*  to personal computing.
> >>          Primary implication   - shall not be capable of being a
> >> network server.
> >>          Secondary implication - only one person will ever be the
> >> operator.
> >>       2. understand Linux internals
> >>       3. minimal number of modules, secondarily minimize size of
> >> footprint
> >
> > I thought exactly that when I first discovered Unix but with the arrival
> > of the Web, it became increasingly clear that everything will be TCP/IP
> > networked even if only on the LAN or even localhost. Call it Internet of
> > Things (I prefer a more vulgar term given the security implications) but
> > ever since the arrival of desktops like GNOME and KDE, the Unix/network
> > server parts have been a tiny portion of the system. That part will fit
> > on a Raspberry Pi/fad device of choice.
>
> I have three separate use cases in mind:
> 1.  My home systems for which I have nobody to blame if they go
> belly up.
> 2.  Some standalone systems at church used for elementary school
> students.
>      Not only will networking be disabled but I'm considering not
> installing
>      drivers for WiFi, Bluetooth and Ethernet.
> 3.  The most difficult case will be for a friend. Evidently I did
> more to
>      tout Linux than I realized. A few weeks ago he sent me a
> older spare
>      laptop asking me to do a demonstrative install. That one
> will need
>      "training wheels" in spade. I've known him for over 40 years.
>
> >
> > That said, you seem to have a sense of Unix and I suggest you try PC-BSD
> > and then pair it down to raw FreeBSD once you have identified what you
> > do and do not want. This is exactly what I did with Red Hat 5.2 way back
> > in the day. With the different that *BSD does not have LinuxConf
> > thrashing configuration files unrelated to the task at hand.
>
> I suspect I've gotten myself locked into Debian. Do BSDs have
> equivalents of Debian repositories and apt-get or Synaptic?
>
>
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