Linux deployment: never a better time

[David C.]

FYI: Followup thread started in the LC Linux forum. :)

Dave C. (doc)

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Peter Alcibiades wrote:
>
>> Perhaps the thing that Linux can offer a developer which is unique is the
>> ability to package an app into a turnkey appliance.  Any sort of appliance
>> running on general purpose minimalist hardware, and running something like
>> Slitaz or a stripped down Debian version, and it will be fast, free and
>> stable, and will look to the end user like an appliance.  You need so
>> little
>> memory and disk that small solid state drives are quite usable.
>>
>> The difference getting away from bloatware makes is amazing.  I am
>> currently
>> running Debian with xfce and lightdm on an old thinkpad, having banished
>> gnome and kde and all of their works, and boot time is super fast and its
>> super responsive.  You can get even faster on even less hardware running
>> slitaz.  Worth a thought.
>
>
> Indeed it is.  I've been pricing components for a system to run specific
> LiveCode apps, and with a modest Via C7 processor I have a parts list that
> totals just US$170, with a 32 GB SSD.
>
>
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Best regards,
David C.