[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2020.10 text installer ISO Wow!!!!

[cretin1997]

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On Friday, March 5, 2021 10:31 AM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:

> I think the point was "small on disk" does not imply "small in RAM".
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> As I noted earlier, if a system can run Firefox, it shouldn't have problems.
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> I've not built a highly tuned miniroot in 30 years, but clearly it's time to do it again.
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> The diag switch on my 3/60 booted a custom miniroot from a small sliver of disk. That was done within 4 months of my losing my job as release manager for the idiot project from hell. I bought a 3/60 and 4x 141 MB + 1/4" tape shoeboxes a few weeks before a 38% staff RIF. I organized a deal for 7 systems and had them delivered at work. I then spent my last few weeks running around the office teaching people how to set up and run their systems before they took them home.
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> That was before I learned how to really do it properly. That took 4 months. I then spent another month learning lex and yacc before I got my first contract job. Best thing that ever happened to me.
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> Reg
> On Thursday, March 4, 2021, 09:03:12 PM CST, cretin1997 via openindiana-discuss openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org wrote:
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> On Friday, March 5, 2021 12:03 AM, Chris oidev at sunos.info wrote:
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> > SquashFS is only small when it's compressed on media.
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> Who on earth use SquashFS without compression? lz4 is the most widely used algorithm. Compressible is the selling point of it. Who on earth will ever think about uncompressed SquashFS?
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Trust me, man. SquashFS is a superior technology that is battle tested on Linux. It's both storage space efficient and also memory efficient. You should at least try it (by trying a live Linux system), before you can throw your statements like that. Naysayers will pick up your statements and used it as a weapon in order to not having to change.

SquashFS needs support from the kernel. This is the showstopper. But instead we could instead focus on add support for SquashFS to the Illumos kernel and switched to use it finally. Not just say we don't want it. We really need it. It's the superior technology and is the answer to our problem.