Hello Cae:
El Lunes, 3 de Marzo de 2008, Caesium 5 escribió:
> I am currently using Debian experimental with KDE4 and is is looking at the
> option of installing Debian with KDE3 on a usb thumb
> drive so that I can bring it and introduce it to friends wherever I go.
>
> Only the minimum packages of KDE3.5.9 is needed and there will be no need
> for swap space.
Well, maybe not in the Usb drive, but in order to avoid swap, the computer
you'd run this on would need some ram.
>
> Appreciate if any expert can share your experience on the following :
>
> 1. can this be done ?
I think so, I would do it using live-helper. Install it, and read
documentation from wiki.
>
> 2. what is the space that will be required for this setup ?
Depends on what you consider minimum packages, but in order to have a
guideline, you may see that the kde4 live CD has this setup for kde4, so I'd
have that size as reference.
>
> 3. what is
> the basic kde packages that I need to install after installing with
> the Debian net-install cd
> ?
> - packages that I normally use - konqueror, konsole, kopete, firefox,
> kwrite, kmix, klipper, kget, knetworkmanager, vlc, guarddog
Probably you have answered yourself :) Maybe you could also add kde-core
metapackage as a start and then look if all you need is installed.
>
> 4. how to disble logging and reduce unnecessary read/writte - as this setup
> will be used on laptops rather than servers ?
Look into kde autologin feature.
>
> 5. any other things that I should note
Well, although live-helper make the mastering process quite easy, it could
be a little tricky to setup, specially if you want to install anything that
doesn't come by default. In this case, you'll need to read LH (live-helper)
documentation carefully to find out what options you need to set.
Moreover, creating a live or installation image is heavily time and bandwith
consuming, consider using apt-cacher to sooth the network downloading, and
check your configuration twice before launching the actual LH build process.
Once you launch it prepare several rounds of your favourite refreshment,
you'll have time enough to drink... ;)
>
> Thanks in advance for the advise.
>
> Regards
> Cae
YW, regards,
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Raúl Sánchez Siles
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