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SL Linux Live CD Mk II development
Drake Bacon
Linux is Furry
Join date: 13 Jul 2005
Posts: 443
08-18-2006 11:25
IF YOU WANT THE CURRENT LIVE CD FOR NVIDIA CARDS: You want this thread and [url=http://libsecondlife.org/sl/]this site.[/url].

I'm now building the base image for the SL Linux Live CD Mk. II. Features:[list][*][url=http://gentoo.org]Gentoo[/url] based, with the [url=http://linux-live.org]Linux Live[/url] scripts.
[*]SL Linux scripts (Installer, run, streaming sound)
[*]Wine
[*]Firefox w/Flash
[*]ATI and NVidia support.
[*]KDE
[*]Anything else I can shove in a small or medium CD yet make it user friendly.[/list]
Drake Bacon
Linux is Furry
Join date: 13 Jul 2005
Posts: 443
08-19-2006 11:24
Gentoo, Xorg w/both drivers, and KDE are built. I'm now working on some extra parts and Wine.
Hel Jezebel
Registered User
Join date: 21 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
08-20-2006 09:56
Still need hosting? I've got a 1and1.com account for $5 a month and I get 500GB of bandwidth a month, which is currently going mostly unused. I could host it for a bit, with the caveat that anyone who DLed it would be expected to start seeding it on BT, cos I couldn't host it forever.
Jinsar Eponym
Registered User
Join date: 13 Feb 2006
Posts: 127
08-20-2006 10:12
If you feel you need the space don't feel too concerned about having to goto DVD size. Most distros are now doing LiveDVDs, the dvd-rom is no longer cost prohibitive. Even the poorest individual should be able to swing a DVD drive for $16.69 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136083
Kitaro Hayashi
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Join date: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 2
08-21-2006 11:28
Not if you live in a country where the tax on electronics is about 100% and it has to be specially ordered though store catalogs. I miss Frys.
Jinsar Eponym
Registered User
Join date: 13 Feb 2006
Posts: 127
08-21-2006 12:06
From: Kitaro Hayashi
Not if you live in a country where the tax on electronics is about 100% and it has to be specially ordered though store catalogs. I miss Frys.

Not to downplay your plight, but in all honesty, what percentage of internet users, or second life Linux users, are in that situation? There is always going to be an exception, there is no escaping that. But if you had 100 linux users and 3 were in such a situation and you wanted to include more content... well I'd hate to exclude anyone, but sometimes you just have to go ahead and do it.

Some distros do both a LiveCD and a LiveDVD (I'm not sure how they make their decisions on what goes on the CD) but that might be beyond the scope here.

Can I ask what country you live in that is in such a state?
Hel Jezebel
Registered User
Join date: 21 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
08-21-2006 21:09
From: Kitaro Hayashi
Not if you live in a country where the tax on electronics is about 100% and it has to be specially ordered though store catalogs. I miss Frys.

Perhaps those in such a country might befriend someone in the US, and get their friend to buy things for them, and ship it to them as a personal gift. Even with paying shipping twice (shipping once for the website order, and once from the US to whereever), it might well be less expensive than the tax, and would probably offer more variety even if the cost difference was negligable.