i gave up on svgalib under SuSE. i know it’s probably an extreme decision to switch flavors of linux merely for a build problem, but i was also having bloat issues, since we’ve only got a 20gb HDD to work with at the moment. i wasn’t able to get a minimal install to my liking without expending considerable effort to wade through pages of dependencies in YaST, so i decided to see what gentoo has to offer (i’ve noticed lots of people saying that gentoo is what they’ve used for their cabinets).

so, we’ll see what happens. i’m doing my first emerge –sync right now.
in other news, not much is happening. we’re still moving forward, though. it’s just quiet. maybe… too quiet. ;)

i know, i know. i could use AdvanceCD, but i want a little more than that, and i don’t like the potentially over-complicated upgrade path for what is essentially a static disc image. i’d have to rewire the config files every time a new disc came out, and i think it would just be ugly. plus, if i left R&H, not many people would be able to maintain the machine, which could be Bad.

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