[Cuis-dev] VectorEnginePlugin: parts in motion

[Douglas Brebner]

On 08/08/2021 16:06, ken.dickey--- via Cuis-dev wrote:
> I like simplicity and think about "value added".  Where can I add value?
>
> Doing device drivers, setting up page tables, interrupt code, writing 
> file systems and network drivers and testing them et cetera is _not_ 
> where my interests and abilities reside.
>
> So why not use a minimalist Linux "OS shim".  Like using Git. Leverage 
> other people's work and do fun things in Smalltalk!
>
> As Smalltalk pre-dated _other_ window systems, there is a FrameBuffer 
> display option, vm-display-fbdev.
>
> So one can use a minimalist Linux, like Alpine Linux, which uses 
> BusyBox for basic utilities and MUSL in place of libc.  It was made to 
> be a clean & secure router solution.  You can also "startxfce4" if you 
> install XFCE, but it boots into a console. Armbian Linux in another 
> good, reliable solution for SBCs.
>
> I will write something up in the wiki after my latest fix gets released.
>
> Basically, one used command line arguments or shell variables to set 
> up for mouse/keyboard/framebuffer and things just work.

Interesting. I have a couple of ancient netbooks which may make nice 
Cuis Machines.

(They have the horrible GMA500 GPUs which make them not very good for 
almost anything else.)