Comments on: Case in point: A Crux ports server at 100Mhz 16Mb

By: Old posts, new ideas « Motho ke motho ka botho

Old posts, new ideas « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:19:07 +0000

[...] plus the idea of an in-house software repository and an automatic compiler — two things I have used ancient machines for in the [...]

By: Things to do with an old computer « Motho ke motho ka botho

Things to do with an old computer « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:27:01 +0000

[...] Automatic compiler. This is similar to the last one, in that if you use a distro that builds from source, it should be simple matter to synchronize with a distant repository, then automatically update. From there, serve the updated packages to other machines on your network. And what does it matter if the machine is slow and takes longer to build? If it’s living in the closet, no one will notice. For ideas on this one and the previous one, take a look at this. [...]

By: Putting the Pentium back to work « Motho ke motho ka botho

Putting the Pentium back to work « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:36:31 +0000

[...] for — the old Lowarch ISO and the short-lived Ubuntu GTK1.2 Remix. And a Crux ports server. And … and … and [...]

By: Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho

Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:39:19 +0000

[...] sync with the Crux repositories once a day, and automatically update itself. The other two machines can refresh against it, and since all three are Coppermines, I can just install the compiled package on the little [...]

By: Tripartite, and only 750Mhz too « Motho ke motho ka botho

Tripartite, and only 750Mhz too « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:49:44 +0000

[...] now it takes over the task of in-house ports server, which I relegated from the 100Mhz machine when I realized I wanted ore from that computer than [...]