[NTLUG:Discuss] Merry Christmas... Stuff their stockin with these!

[Robert Pearson]

Steve Baker wrote:
> So - does anyone know of a LiveCD starting point that has about half
> the CD free but which has enough 'stuff' there to boot and load OpenGL
> drivers?   If so then we'd have a great freebie CD to give to games
> enthusiasts.
> 

Did you look at this list?

> Chris Cox wrote:
> If live CDs are your thing to pass out (popular because it's
> easy to give out a single CD!):
>
> http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
>
> ...There are links there to everything from CD's that turn your
> computer into a HTPC, to full blow desktop experiences....

> Chris Cox wrote---
I installed geexbox the other day... pretty impressive.  It's a <7M
distribution (yes <7M!) that turns a machine into a media unit
(DVDs, CDs, MP3, AVIs etc.).  It's not a PVR solution (so I'm told), but
I really thought the size was interesting for what it did.

http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html

> Jeff Rush wrote---
Ah, thanks Chris, that is quite an interesting distribution.  It's
mature and supported, focused on being the best multimedia box, and
simple to use.  I have an interest in such, and it even includes WiFi
support so you can play your audio/video thru the unit from your
backroom server.  Cool.

Have you looked at---

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux
distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a
functional and easy to use desktop. Damn Small Linux has a nearly
complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client,
links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US
English), a word-processor, three editors (Nedit, nVi, Zile [emacs ...
Licence : GPL

Thanks,

Robert