Hi,
I have been down the usb linux stick thing for a while, and some thoughts
might help the search for a recommendation.
If you can avoid a distro that uses a compressed file system, loading
files (or running binaries) of the disk will be much faster..
yes, it means a bigger flash disk. No problem.. 4G disks are getting
cheap.
Getting a machine with a nvidia/ATI graphics card is quite common - it
would be nice if the ATI & nvidia drivers were already on the disk. Yes, I
know, there will be those who want only open source software on their
linux distro disk. However, it fails the simple test from the children.
They expect to plug it in, and it works immediately. Everything. (which
includes the codecs). True, the standard answer is to download the drivers
and install them. But each time I run the usb image, I don't want to have
to install the graphics driver.. That is too tedious.
So lets avoid the discussion on embedding nvidia&ati into the image. From
a convenience point of view, all the video drivers, and all the codecs,
should be in the image.
Remastering should be easy. There are always going to be packages that
have to be added/removed.
On those three quite reasonable requirements, what is best option?
Derek.
On Tue, 5 May 2009, John Carter wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, David Lowe wrote:
Xubuntu on a stick is highly recommended.
Sounds like something out of a PTerry Pratchett novel....
Wot's yer name then? "Cut'me'own'throat'" Dibbler?
Wanna Xubuntu onna stick? Or Kubuntu inna bun?
Just don't ask whats in'em!
http://everything2.com/title/Dibbler
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