fedora mini revisted

[psmith]

On 27/07/09 21:33, Peter Robinson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'd like some thoughts, and some help.... so yes, I'm opening a can of worms :-)
>
> A while a go jkatz put out a call about support for netbooks, and I
> begun to step up and the idea behind Fedora Mini [1] was born before
> being sidetracked by shiny things in the corner.
>
> So I'd like to get things moving forward again, no matter how slowly,
> for Fedora 12. At FudCon I started that moving [2] with the hope of
> getting some form of support for Intel's Moblin [3] in F-12 and
> there's a few package reviews [4] that I'd like some help with if
> people have time to review them :-)
>
> Moving forward I'd like to have some discussion about what people
> would like out of Fedora Mini. What is the expectation of Fedora on a
> NetBook/NetTop/MID style device? Is it worth having  separate mailing
> list, or keeping the discussion on fedora-devel. My thoughts on that
> last point are mixed. Moving it onto another list allows it to be
> focused and while keeping the discussion clear of what ever the
> current heated discussion is also keeps it clear of general mainstream
> discussions where Fedora Mini can contribute or benefit.
>
> My personal thoughts are it could be alot, whether it be a NetBook or
> NetTop device like a eeePC, a mobile device based on the GNOME Mobile
> stack, a set top box running elisa or a thin terminal running a web
> broweser, voip client and some form of remote desktop technology.....
> I have 2 main "Fedora Mini" devices 1) OLPC XO and a eeePC so I can't
> support it all so I'd like some help. I started to document some of
> the NetBook hardware [5] and it would be great to get some form of
> Hardware matrix together to see what's supported out of the box in
> Fedora, what's supported through 3rd party repositories and what's,
> well, not supported. Are people able to step up or help out here? My
> wiki skills aren't the best and Fedora as a group probably has alot of
> the "Fedora Mini" devices out there to document the hardware into as
> nice "I want a small device to do blah and I want it to run Fedora
> what's my best option" so we could probably do with one of the wiki
> elite to do a basic working layout and to keep it sane and having
> people with the various devices fill in the blanks.
>
> So what do people want out of a Fedora Mini SIG?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> BTW we have an irc channel at #fedora-mini. I'm on there most of the
> time now and try to keep an eye on it as best I can while doing the
> rest of my life so feel free to drop in and ask questions, I'll get to
> them as I can :-)
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/FedoraMini
> [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_Berlin_and_LinuxTag_2009_talks
> [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraMoblin
> [4] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506446
> [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/FedoraMini/Hardware
>
>    
well i've been running my aspire one A150 on fedora since late in the F9 
release cycle and i've had a very good experience with F10 and F11, with 
most all apps usable at the 1024x600 resolution that the aspire has. 
i've also been running rawhide throughout this period quite painlessly. 
i am willing to help in any way i can with this sig and i'm glad to see 
it starting to get going again

phil