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Le Fri, 22 May 2009 23:24:18 +0200,
Christophe Lincoln <pankso@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
+1
Running on old computer is part off our succes.
>
> Hug to all,
>
> SliTaz 3.0 Roadmap is mostly wrote but a few things must be discuss:
> the core ISO size and UTF-8 by default.
>
> Using UTF-8 by default will alow use to use gettext and PO files to
> translate all SliTaz apps and boxes. Using standard PO files will make
> translation easier for all languages and actually some languages such
> has Russian work only with UTF-8.
>
> But using UTF-8 with the current selection of the core packages,
> produce an ISO image bigger than 30 MB (~31,2 Mb). That said I think
> is not a problem, I think we should keep the core under 35 Mb so it
> boot with 256 Mb and include Abiword or MPlayer, more i18n and
> hardware support.
>
> Historicaly I fixed at first an ISO size at 20 Mb to boot with
> 128 MB, with 2.0 the minimal RAM to load the core is 160 MB and we
> provide official flavors or web boot to use SliTaz with less memory.
> So the goal is always reached: provide a full featured, fast, light
> and compact OS for modern harware but also usable on older machines.
>
> Ok to have the core under 35 Mb ? Suggestions, commnents ?
>
> Please give a look to the Roadmap for 3.0 if you have time, all
> comments and suggestions are welcome, checking typo is also more than
> welcome. I will finish it when the ISO size thing is fixed:
>
> http://labs.slitaz.org/projects/roadmap/distro
>
> On a personnal side and would like to support translations teams as
> much has possible. Paul, Claudinei, Sevala, Draplater and others are
> doing an incredible work. If we give the core a few Mb we could realy
> improve languages support and SliTaz.
>
> - Christophe
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