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Linux / Firefox Optimization

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Status: Closed (Cancelled by the Site Administrator)

Selected Providers: -

Budget: $100-300

Created: 08/17/2006 at 20:18 EDT

Bidding Ends: 09/21/2006 at 20:18 EDT

Project Creator: smilligan
Buyer Rating:
(1 reviews)

Description: We are a software publisher for a Web Application that is written in Java/Tomcat/MySQL.

Our customers HOST our Application (JacoPOS) on their own local server.

To use our software, our clients can use ANY web browser.

However, we have ONLY been able to use XP clients running IE 6.0 on PIIIs to use our software because we need to RENDER ALL HTML pages within 250ms.. This is because Waiters use our software and CANNOT wait for the page to be drawn.

We would like to allow ALL of our clients to USE streamlined Linux desktop with Firefox to avoid XP licensing..

The problem is that the generic installs of Linux (Debian, Fedora, Suse...) with generic xWindows, and latest Firefox are VERY VERY slow as compared to the SAME hardware running XP and IE.

Hence we are looking for someone who can develop a repeatable ISO of a VERY small LINUX footprint, with xWindows, networking, and Firefox in order that EACH page can be rendered in the same time that it is rendered on XP/IE

So the benchmark is to run XP/IE on a PIII with 256MB of memory, and at the same time run special Linux/Firefox side by side and make sure that the linux installation is able to REDRAW ALL web pages as QUICKLY, if not QUICKER than the XP/IE installation running on same hardware.

REQUIREMENTS:
1) You will need two Identical machines; PIII with less than 800mhz, and 256MB of memory. One system will have a FRESH XP install with IE, and the other system will host YOUR Linux/Firefox fonciguration. This will allow you to test.
2) A server running tomcat, mysql, etc.. in order to host our application for benchmark testing.

The Deliverable:
an ISO that is the GENERIC MINIMAL, FAST, Linux install with FAST xWindows and graphical desktop and firefox.

Job Type:
System Admin.

Database: (None)

Operating system: Linux

Bid count: 3

Average bid: $ 133

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Time of Bid

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unixworld

$ 200

10 days

08-27-2006

(1 reviews)

look pm box

DaemonBehr

$ 100

2 days

08-30-2006

(1 reviews)

We develope Linux based thin clients and desktops using a customized small distro of debian. It is runable as a live cd, but can also be installed to a hard drive and customized further to have an interface that reflects your line of business. See PM for more details.

jre2206

$ 100

1 day

08-18-2006

(No Feedback Yet)

This is probably an unusual way to bid but if you take a look at http://www.xubuntu.org you'll see that that is what you are looking for. Also, there are documented ways of how to create your own customised ISO image that can be found here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Releases?action=show&redirect=XubuntuReleases. If you still prefer to have an external party help you with this issue we can get in touch. Regards, JRE

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