[Rule-list] yet more script ideas

[Eugene Wong]

Hi all.

I just wanted to make some suggestions before I forgot them.


*** Install Red Hat From Source rpms ***

Perhaps we should make an installation script based on Slinky and/or 
Miniconda, so that we can install from scratch. I realize that this has been 
brought up already, but that was before I heard of www.tinycc.org  It's 
supposed to compile 8 times faster than gcc. If we can get Vacuum working 
well, then it should be very reasonable for computers with over a 1.5 GB to 
be able to install 1 package at a time.


*** idlecron To Do a List of Tasks For When You Know the Computer is Idle 
***

Perhaps we should make a script that can be executed when we are away from 
the computer, or are just sitting and reading for an extended period of 
time. One of the problems that I have with the various cron programs is that 
a daemon must be running, which consumes valuable resources. If you execute 
idlecron, it could go through a list of tasks, such as:

updatedb
[getting email]
[compiling source code]
[checking for patches to your favourite programs]
[etc.]

We could make a list called, /etc/cron.idle/ & a config file called, 
/etc/idlecron.cfg. The user could decide to execute the tasks starting at 
the beginning of the list each time, or continuing where he left off. This 
could be executable by root only.


I don't expect that there will be much time in the next week to create these 
scripts, but I'm more than interested in taking suggestions.


Sincerely, & with thanks,
Eugene T.S. Wong

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