[Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD

[mike delyea]

Hi everyone involved in the coco linux ISO!   Because you are planning to
use Debian as a base, I just thought I'd inform you that Debian will be
releasing Wheezy to the stable branch on the weekend of May 4-5. I'm not
sure if that will impact your plans or not.


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Marc Charbonneau
<timebandit001 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Alan,
> I would vote for Debian too. It is the universal operating system after all
> :)
>
> Any knowledge you acquire on Debian can be applied to so many places (so
> many distro based on Debian, like Ubuntu and Mint).
>
> Debian runs on anything with a processor, even the RaspberryPi.
>
> For our project, we need something lightweight, like LXDE : similar to
> windows (pre-8) and light enough that it is the default on Raspebian.
>
> The main question I have is : which emulator should we use ?
>
> For those that hate Unity, you can easily replace it with KDE or any other
> you want.
> On my laptop that came pre-loaded with Ubuntu, I just typed this command :
> # sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
>
> Unity is almost as bad as Windows8 :c)
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Alan Jones <alwanbi at live.com> wrote:
>
> > Diego,
> > Thanks for you offer to help.
> > I have decided after doing lots of research over the weekend that Ubuntu
> is
> > not the way to go for our project.
> > Right now I am leaning toward two different distros: Puppy Linux and
> > Debian.
> > I am going to stick with Debian distro for my own experimentation and
> > learning.
> > Why don't you take over on the Puppy Linux distro and if you can setup a
> > website and forum that would be great.
> >
> > Here is our current list of users willing to help:
> >
> > Alan Jones - Team Lead, distro builder
> > Camillus Blockx - Artwork/Themes, Dutch translation
> > Keith Clark - server space, testing
> > Marc Charbonneau - server space, distro builder
> > Harry Hurst - testing
> > Diego Barizo -distro builder, web site, forum
> > Bill Loguidice - mirror hosting
> > Bill Gunshannon - testing
> >
> > This project is starting to take on a life it's own! :)
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Diego Barizo
> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 9:56 AM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD
> >
> > I have some experience tweaking Puppy Linux.
> > I believe a <100 mb ISO /bootable USB drive is really doable. That will
> > boot
> > in just a few seconds, run live, and run in virtually any PC, perhaps
> even
> > a
> > 200 MHz/64 Mb one.
> > Once it is ready, we could even think about buying bulk small USB drives,
> > and selling them .
> >
> > If you think it will help, I can setup a website and forum to help us get
> > organized...
> >
> > Sent from my Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro
> >
> > Alan Jones <alwanbi at live.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
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