On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 04:07:45PM -0400, Geoffrey Lane wrote: > Will try to make long story short here, I know I probably just need a > larger drive to accommodate a full distro but I can't afford to right > now. I have been reading but unsure of the outcome, being pulled into > other directions. I also wanted to ask somethings before I start. > > I've been looking around to find a good desktop replacement style live > cd. I know I need to just spend some more money on a larger usb > thumbdrive but in this economy who can blame me for trying to get most > bang for my buck? > > My thumbdrive is a biometric (as in fingerprint reader) 2gb drive. It > partitions the "safe" data aside from public files. I want to > repartition it to allow roughly 512-768mb for Linux - in this case less > is better! > > Perhaps I'm picky and I'll be the first to admit that. My ideal is of > course Debian and apt-get/deb. The Debian/xfce live cd is ok @ 400mb but > I'd like to shrink it or keep it same size with my preferred apps. The > remaster guide is straight forward - similar to my knoppix (except back > then it was cloop). I have also looked at other live cd scripts like > the one slax uses [http://www.linux-live.org/] and the ones listed in > Debian repo. I'm cautious because the Debian scripts (SEEM) to be no > longer maintained, and the slax scripts are designed for Slackware > > I wonder first how many has done what I'm looking to do? Are there some > people using linux-live script to make one, or another method? Am I > making things to difficult? I mean are my expectation on size too much? > Are there projects like this (maintained)? My ideal cd is a "desktop > replacement", I could use xfce, openbox, fluxbox, e17 - ANYTHING. I want > things like internet apps (web, email, ftp, irc, im, torrent), picture > and documents, archive maker/extractor and if possible multimedia > (music, video). A few Linux apps like vnc, gparted or rescue apps, > console would be nice but not necessary -- (why I want apt-get) > I currently use Debian Live. I create my own images for USB using the live-helper scripts. The latest one I made came in at just over 700MB. Here's the list of packages I specified to include (not all the dependencies are listed):
lxde lxlauncher desktop-base xfonts-mathml gnome-icon-theme hicolor-icon-theme gnome-extra-icons gnome-icon-theme-blankon gnome-icon-theme-dlg-neu gnome-icon-theme-gartoon gnome-icon-theme-nuovo gnome-icon-theme-suede gnome-icon-theme-yasis wm-icons inkscape virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-source fluxbox fbpanel feh vorbisgain flac audacious audacity grip vlc gnome-alsamixer iceweasel swfdec-mozilla adblock-plus iceweasel-greasemonkey iceowl ekiga rsync evince openoffice.org less vim-full xterm gimp imagemagick feh openssh-client conky gkrellm gkrellm-volume ntp nmap dnsutils iftop gnomebaker cdw wine cabextract If you need pointers on how to do this yourself, let me know. If you want to give me a list of apps and have me make an image for you, I can do that as long as you have a way for me to get it to you (rsync server, ftp server, etc). Note that I use fluxbox as my window manager, but I install LXDE as well because brings in a lot of apps that I find handy. Plus I intend to experiment with using LXDE...someday. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
