[Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD

[Louis Ciotti]

I do not in now if I would vote for Ubuntu for this.  Personally I would go for a lightweight distribution allowing it or work with older computers.



camillus Blockx <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>A friend of mine got rid of that unity desktop. I will ask how he did it.
>Sounded not so difficult when he explained it to me. I just did not tried
>it myself.
>
>As for the help, my knowledge of Linux is very limited.
>
>Maybe I can make some covers for the cd/dvd sleeve and/or some background
>themes?
>Just to mention I can do also some translation from English to Dutch if
>needed.
>
>Let me know asap so I can start
>
>cba
>
>On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Alan Jones <alwanbi at live.com> wrote:
>
>> Gang,
>>
>> I've been doing a lot of reading today and trying to figure out what distro
>> would be the easiest to use.
>> It looks to me like Ubuntu will work well with Remastersys if we decide to
>> use it.
>> Debian will work too but you have to make sure that certain modules are not
>> in the kernel.
>> The only thing I don't like about Ubuntu is the Unity desktop, lol.
>> This is only my observation and nothing is engraved in concrete for our
>> project. :)
>>
>> I think we should call this the "CoCo Linux Live CD/USB Project"
>>
>> Here is the list of volunteers we have so far:
>>
>> Alan Jones - Team Lead
>> Camillus Blockx - TBA
>> Keith Clark - server space
>> Marc Charbonneau - server space, distro builder
>> Harry Hurst - TBA
>>
>> Keith and Marc, please contact each other and discuss what web site is
>> available to host our project
>> Camillus and Harry - be more specific on what you want to help with, if you
>> need more time to decide that is ok.
>>
>> *** If you would like to help in this community project please let us know!
>> ***
>>
>> Alan Jones
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Marc Charbonneau
>> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:08 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD
>>
>> > I think we need to start with Chris Hawks. He's got a minimal Linux
>> > setup
>> that boots in MESS set up as a CoCo on a Raspberry Pi. I forget what distro
>> he's using, but using that and creating a live CD from it will probably put
>> this project right where it needs to be.
>> I think the best base would be Mint or Ubuntu to get the best hardware
>> compatibility. Modifying the live iso is pretty easy, you just mount it
>> then
>> chroot in it. I've done that a couple years ago with knoppix.
>>
>> I have 14 years experience using Linux, my work laptop is Linux and my job
>> is building Linux kiosk so I think I can help with that project.
>>
>> Let me know how I can help.
>>
>> And I can host the iso on a server hosted at iWeb.
>>
>> I really like the idea of having a full featured coco on a bootable USB
>> key.
>>
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