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Re: [school-discuss] Live Linux Distro
hey hey hey can i get the small image of that well can i help you by
suggeting some tested software
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Peter Scheie <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matt,
> Congratulations on your project. One option you may want to add to your
> distro is to make it run from a USB flash drive. The performance is usually
> much better than running from a DVD. (DVDs are still cheaper to hand out to
> people, however, so don't abandon that.) Unetbootin can be used to install
> almost any live distro to a USB flash drive.
>
> Peter
>
> Chris Yates wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> My name is Matt, I am a Linux user from Florida.
>>
>> My friend is a teacher and asked me for some software.
>>
>> I have put together a Live linux distro with most everything available
>> from schoolforge.
>>
>> This Live DVD can be loaded and ran live, or installed on a machine.
>>
>> It is based on PCLinuxOS, one of the best Linux Distros available, and it
>> allows the teacher to create their own live DVD or USB.
>>
>> I will maintain the repositories long term and will keep them available on
>> DVD.
>>
>> There are a few packages that still need to be developed, which will
>> happen if there is any real interest in this endeavor.
>>
>> If anyone is interested, please respond.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>