On Friday 29 April 2005 02:48 pm, Grant wrote: > > Take a look at Slax 5.0.4. It's small, kde 3.4.0, dhcp. k3b, all the > > desktop essentials, etc., and you can save your settings/configs either > > on floppy, HD, or their web site, so you don't even have to carry a > > floppy or USB key around. Slax mounts all HD disks, and you can save your > > work easily. > > > > I've tried lots of live cd's, and this IMO is the best, most up-to-date, > > and easy to use. I've used it on several boxes, and it detects > > everything, and it all works. Copy to ram, and the slaxconf.mo file is > > easily updated. Easy to add modules for other apps. Good forum too. > > http://slax.linux-live.org/ > > How is that better than mastering your own Gentoo LiveCD with catalyst > though? It seems like if I'll end up with the same thing (Linux on a > CD), I should stick with what I know (Gentoo). > > - Grant
I guess you could brew one up after you got a minimalist Gentoo install configured to your liking, taking care that the total size didn't exceed 700mb compressed. However, my understanding is that Gentoo Live Cds are essentially designed just for installing Gentoo, not a full featured and functional desktop live cd. Slax is very high performance, and everything is already done, and you can add modules on boot from your HD, or brew up a whole new expanded cd that includes your added stuff. The "kill bill version has wine, etc., for running some windows apps. The Slax iso is only 200mb even with kde-3.4.0, so it's got lots of expansion possibilities since you could theoretically add 500mb more stuff and still have it compressed onto one cd.. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
