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([2001:5c0:1000:a::6d]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a3sm13692905igq.5.2013.03.18.18.39.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5147C1B0.5060203@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:38:56 -0400 From: Michael Mol User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130222 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo speed comparison to other distros References: <51418728.7020406@gmail.com> <514251FC.6040302@gmail.com> <51425F43.1090803@fuuzetsu.co.uk> <514262C9.9080101@gmail.com> <87hakchk3x.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <316058.21061.bm@smtp118.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <5208B190-EB85-4490-8F52-3997FDF61258@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <682042.50521.bm@smtp139.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <514784B8.6000609@gmail.com> <837324.84044.bm@smtp148.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <5147A304.5010704@gmail.com> <20130319001024.65c340d1@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <20130319001024.65c340d1@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2VFJRNUXAVJAMRKIKMDGG" X-Archives-Salt: 943c6558-821f-4b5a-b73a-5fa219e1a2b3 X-Archives-Hash: 0a003bea866b51f68022605fc7021eec This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2VFJRNUXAVJAMRKIKMDGG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/18/2013 08:10 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:28:04 -0400 > Michael Mol wrote: >=20 >>> >>> Even though it is from a DVD it can be updated just like standard >>> linux. The problem is, if you run out of ram then things get killed. >>> >>> =20 >>>> (Frankly, this sounds quite nice for kiosk environments.) =20 >>> >>> Could be if you have a good enough network connection for Linux >>> kernel updates or cut it right down ;-) =20 >> >> Local gigabit is cheap, and a gigabit connection would transfer the >> image in under a minute. A bit more, of course, if you've got an >> overloaded server being slammed by ten or twenty machines. >> >> (I wonder if one can anycast TFTP on a local segment. Hm. I think you >> could just barely pull it off, since you'd have resolved the layer 2 >> address for your syn packet, and that should stick with the >> connection.) >=20 > Kiosks are notorious for having difficulty in getting to connections > as there place is determined by other factors. Still it may make a good= > choice of OS except for reboot time. >=20 I was thinking POS-style setups in a makerspace I help with. If I had to cope with wireless or cellular, and I was seriously concerned about security on a budget, I'd use an internal USB stick with a fuse diode to prevent further writing, or an SD card with a similar fuse tripped. Expire on a schedule. 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