[Grml] removal of "buffer" command? alternatives?

[Michael Prokop]

* Frank Terbeck [Wed Dec 28, 2011 at 03:40:29PM +0100]:
> Michael Prokop wrote:

[irc client]

> > Hm, good point. But the ones needing help need network
> > access anyway, so they can just install their favourite IRC client
> > anyway, no? (I'm aware that we did provide out-of-the-box config for
> > irssi which just joined our channel, but I didn't see that many
> > people using that actually.)

> True. But still. ;)

> The client I'm installing on my machines (I'm connected 24/7 on one
> machine that has `irssi') is usually `epic4', because it does *not*
> require any configuration.

>   % irc nickname irc.freenode.net

> ...and I'm on freenode. That's enough for quick chats, IMHO. `ircii' is
> even simpler and only requires minimal dependencies, but epic is a
> little more convenient to use out-of-the-box, I think (and we probably
> ship its dependencies already). Both are alternatives for the `irc'
> command used above.

Ok thanks! Added them to the list of software packages open for
discussion.

> [...]
> > grml96 is the result of one single grml2iso command line, so it
> > won't receive a different package list than grml32 and grml64 but
> > instead will just continue being the result of the two ISOs getting
> > combined, from my POV.

> That's good. Although, I'd probably burden people with calling grml2iso
> themselves. But you guys are better people than me. ;-)

Let's see what kind of feedback we get regarding grml96.

> > And IIRC Christian already mentioned that he doesn't consider the
> > "artificial limit" an real issue for grml96, and I don't really
> > neither.

> So the policy is rather: Here's an image with grml32+64 for your
> convenience, but be advised that it may not fit on a blank CD, but
> probably on your USB pen-drive.

Jepp :)

> > If booting from CD is *that* important and relevant
> > you shouldn't care about the MBs that you're "losing" with burning
> > the ~350MB grml32/grml64 ISO to CD.

> I couldn't agree more. The quicker `toram' beats the living shit out of
> a half-full CD.

:))

regards,
-mika-
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