Basically, I had finished compiling the customized linux kernels, and i sat down to find the right operating system for me. Looking at slackware (don't be fooled by the name, it is a beast to be reckoned with), debian and the cute and cuddly ubuntu, I settled on lubuntu, an lxde version of ubuntu. lxde is known for its low resource use, so I figured that it would provide me with a faster boot and a more responsive. Since its had problems with most OSes, I went with ubuntu.
I figured right. It was surprisingly fast, giving a time from power-on to desktop about 24 seconds. However, once I tried to get my custom kernels to run, trouble started. My version was not 64-bit, unlike my kernels, and there were no 64-bit packages around. So I started building one.
This was before I went for WOW.
Now its after WOW, and thanks to some friends in the Netherlands, I have completed it, and it works like a dream. After some customary optimizations, I have a peak boot time of 20 secs and a lowest boot time recorded of 15 seconds. Pretty good, huh? Now to get to and remove the beefier parts.
I figured right. It was surprisingly fast, giving a time from power-on to desktop about 24 seconds. However, once I tried to get my custom kernels to run, trouble started. My version was not 64-bit, unlike my kernels, and there were no 64-bit packages around. So I started building one.
This was before I went for WOW.
Now its after WOW, and thanks to some friends in the Netherlands, I have completed it, and it works like a dream. After some customary optimizations, I have a peak boot time of 20 secs and a lowest boot time recorded of 15 seconds. Pretty good, huh? Now to get to and remove the beefier parts.
