7 Dec
2010
7 Dec
'10
3:11 p.m.
Hi,
Can someone recommend a Live CD distro meeting following specs:
- Firefox 3+ built in
- less than 150MB - 200MB (quick bootup)
- works on Laptop / desktop.
- Supports Wifi (optional)
I tried a few distros but did not fit well.
SUSE, Fedora -- both has everything I need, but I only have the DVD
version which takes a long time to boot
Slax -- details on website looked just perfect, but CD did not boot,
just threw some messages {I do not recollect them} and stopped.
Also tried Puppy Linux & DamnSmallLinux, but faced some issues with
them too. I think one of them had an old / stripped down version of
Firefox
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Sans
7 Dec
7 Dec
3:26 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:11 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Can someone recommend a Live CD distro meeting following specs:
- Firefox 3+ built in
- less than 150MB - 200MB (quick bootup)
- works on Laptop / desktop.
- Supports Wifi (optional)
Try Knoppix.
I tried a few distros but did not fit well.
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Siji Sunny
3:27 p.m.
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 15:11 +0530, RSCL Mumbai wrote:
- Firefox 3+ built in
- less than 150MB - 200MB (quick bootup)
- works on Laptop / desktop.
- Supports Wifi (optional)
what is it supposed to do? I just built a machine without harddisk,
monitor, atom processor, 1GB RAM booting puppy of a 4.2 GB USB stick -
the sole purpose of this to connect to a digital tv for displaying
websites and presentations. Only puppy did not have a out of box
presentation software, so we had to make do with pdf. We are now in the
process of shifting to fedora on USB.
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
3:47 p.m.
greetings,
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote:
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 15:11 +0530, RSCL Mumbai wrote:
presentation software, so we had to make do with pdf. We are now in the
process of shifting to fedora on USB.
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
I am not sure, but I would look for pendrive live solutions based on
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / Mint 9.
and there are some.. I am currently on centos box so cant comment
deply on that at this point of time.
I also remember Narendra mentioning a deb on-demand repo or something
like that sometime back in this list.
/scurrying to backcheck....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Live_USB_creator
https://launchpad.net/usb-creator
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/linux-mint-6-flash-drive-install-via-cd/
and the such
Best driver support, imho.
HTH,
Regards,
Rajagopal
6:13 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Rajagopal Swaminathan
<raju.rajsand(a)gmail.com> wrote:
greetings,
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote:
I am specifically looking for a CD boot and not USB boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser & internet connection.
Hence I need a CD bootable OS and present an option to setup
networking & open Firefox and start working. No other apps needed.
Hence a minimalistic OS with option to setup networking & latest
Firefox (mainly supporting web 2.0 websites is good enough )
Knoppix is too heavy for this need.
Pls suggest.
Thx
Sans
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 15:11 +0530, RSCL Mumbai
wrote:
presentation software, so we had to make do with pdf. We are now in the
process of shifting to fedora on USB.
--
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
I am not sure, but I would look for pendrive live solutions based on
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / Mint 9.
and there are some.. I am currently on centos box so cant comment
deply on that at this point of time.
I also remember Narendra mentioning a deb on-demand repo or something
like that sometime back in this list.
/scurrying to backcheck....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Live_USB_creator
https://launchpad.net/usb-creator
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/linux-mint-6-flash-drive-install-via-cd/
and the such
Best driver support, imho.
HTH,
Regards,
Rajagopal
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7:38 p.m.
On Tuesday 07 December 2010 06:13 PM, RSCL Mumbai wrote:
I am specifically looking for a CD boot and not USB boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser& internet connection.
Hence I need a CD bootable OS and present an option to setup
networking& open Firefox and start working. No other apps needed.
Hence a minimalistic OS with option to setup networking& latest
Firefox (mainly supporting web 2.0 websites is good enough )
Knoppix is too heavy for this need.
Bad mobo BIOSs or in-compatible disk controller chips are a nuisance for
live linux sessions. Try Sabayon Live. It has worked even on such bad
evil mobos.
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Regards,
Rony.
11:16 p.m.
Greetings,
On 12/7/10, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am
specifically looking for a CD boot and not USB boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser & internet
connection.
Hence I need a CD bootable OS and present an option to setup
networking & open Firefox and start working. No other apps needed.
Hence a minimalistic OS with option to setup networking & latest
Firefox (mainly supporting web 2.0 websites is good enough )
Knoppix is too heavy for this need.
Have you tried Suse Studio?
That should cover your need. Yoou can have just-enough application
specific distro (with little script I presume)
Worth checking out...
H at least TH
:)
Regards,
Rajagopal
11:19 p.m.
On 12/7/10, Rajagopal Swaminathan <raju.rajsand(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
Have you tried Suse Studio?
oops! forgot link
http://susestudio.com/
You can base it on the distro of your choice, I think.
:)
Regards,
Rajagopal
9 Dec
9 Dec
3:19 p.m.
Have you tried
Suse Studio?
oops! forgot link
http://susestudio.com/
9:22 p.m.
On Thursday 09 December 2010 03:19 PM, RSCL Mumbai wrote:
As per recommendation from Rajagopal, I tried susestudio. Its awesome.
I created a new distro based on OpenSUSE 11.3 -Â Base system + GNOME, 32bit.
Added Firefox, Adobe Flash Player and NetworkManager.
All configuration were standard and created a new ISO.
The ISO was 351 MB.
Tested it, worked great!!
Glad it finally works.
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Rony.
Have you tried Suse Studio?
oops! forgot link
http://susestudio.com/
8 Dec
8 Dec
9:48 a.m.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:13 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am specifically looking for a CD boot and not USB
boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser & internet
connection.
Hence I need a CD bootable OS and present an option to setup
networking & open Firefox and start working. No other apps needed.
Hence a minimalistic OS with option to setup networking & latest
Firefox (mainly supporting web 2.0 websites is good enough )
I would suggest you try Ubuntu on such machines. Chances are, it would work
out of box on most of them.
I have had various boot + driver problems with smaller distros (DSL / Slax
etc).
What I did was, used Ubuntu and stripped off everything except basic OS +
drivers + X Windows + Apps that I needed.
Final size of Live CD was about 100 MB.
-Shamit
5:27 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Shamit Verma <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com> wrote:
What I did was, used Ubuntu and stripped off
everything except basic OS +
drivers + X Windows + Apps that I needed.
Final size of Live CD was about 100 MB.
Or start off from minimal and build up as you need. See
http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org/
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With Regards,
Mehul Ved
6:25 p.m.
Or start off from minimal and build up as you need. See
http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org/
Thx Mehul, Shamit, RajaGopal for your inputs.
Appreciate it.
But I am not a techie, I am just a linux users.
I can manage my way installing, making minor changes etc. But thats about
it.
Beyond that, I am handicapped.
Hence I am seeking a ready project.
Thx again.
Best regards,
Sans
7:34 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
But I am not a techie, I am just a linux users.
I can manage my way installing, making minor changes etc. But thats about
it.
Beyond that, I am handicapped.
Hence I am seeking a ready project.
<http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers>
That should not be an issue, GUI tools are available through which you can:
1. Start with basic Ubuntu Live CD
2. Customize ubuntu and remove features that you do not need.
3. Prepare final Live CD Image
All it would take is a bit of trial and error to come p with an image that
is small but has everything that you need.
-Shamit
9 Dec
9 Dec
11:07 a.m.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:13 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am specifically looking for a CD boot and not USB boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser & internet connection.
Then build your own bootable CDROM with only the packages you need.
I suggest Thinstation <http://www.thinstation.org/> There is
TS-Omatic link which helps in creating your own bootable CDROM, USB
image, PXE boot ...
WiFi may be tricky on Thinstation as it is targeted for wired thin
clients - I have not looked at the distro for a while.
BTW, most mainstream distros have methods to re-master their default LiveCD.
HTH,
-- Arun Khan
9:20 p.m.
On Thursday 09 December 2010 11:07 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:13 PM, RSCL
Mumbai<rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Even after so many replies, the OP has not mentioned the hardware specs
he will use the live cd on. His first mail mentions that most CDs he
tried did not boot on his hardware. Those are light weight CDs meant to
boot on any system.
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Regards,
Rony.
I am specifically looking for a CD boot and not
USB boot.
Its for a particular project which just requires browser& internet connection.
Then build your own bootable CDROM with only the packages you need.
I suggest Thinstation<http://www.thinstation.org/> There is
TS-Omatic link which helps in creating your own bootable CDROM, USB
image, PXE boot ...
WiFi may be tricky on Thinstation as it is targeted for wired thin
clients - I have not looked at the distro for a while.
BTW, most mainstream distros have methods to re-master their default LiveCD.
7 Dec
7 Dec
7:02 p.m.
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2010 3:11:17 pm RSCL Mumbai wrote:
- Firefox 3+ built in
- less than 150MB - 200MB (quick bootup)
- works on Laptop / desktop.
- Supports Wifi (optional)
try tiny-core
arround 10 mb ... you need to install firefox from their repository. its a bit
geeky though
http://www.tinycorelinux.com/
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- Yohan Pereira.
7:31 p.m.
On Tuesday 07 December 2010 03:11 PM, RSCL Mumbai wrote:
SUSE, Fedora -- both has everything I need, but I only have the DVD
version which takes a long time to boot
Slax -- details on website looked just perfect, but CD did not boot,
just threw some messages {I do not recollect them} and stopped.
Also tried Puppy Linux& DamnSmallLinux, but faced some issues with
them too. I think one of them had an old / stripped down version of
Firefox
Maybe your hardware is not Linux friendly for an out of the box experience.
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Regards,
Rony.
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