> Stalled. Not stopped. :) > > There was a release last december and then a flurry of activity in May > and things have sort of moved a little more slowly since then. I have > a mind to make another *better* release of a more heavy-weight > GNOME-based CD modeled after the last one except *better.* > > There is work (and lots of talk) on three projects: > > * A GNOME-based desktop > * A lightweight desktop system to run on older compututers. > * A server-based system also, i've been working with enrico, based on some ideas from otavio, to create a very simple custom debian distribution, by giving it a list of packages and debconf selections. it works, but could use some fine-tuning. if you'd like to try it: svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debian-np/people/vagrant/simple-cdd/ simple-cdd (svn is in the "subversion" package) the README has some simple instructions. it pretty much amounts to installing debpartial-mirror and debian-cd, editing a package list and debconf pre-seeding file, and running a script to build the CD image. i've been working on this so that freegeek may have installation CDs for the up-and-coming freekbox3, but tried to do it in a simple yet flexible way so that it could be useful to anyone wanting a custom cd. when i've got it working a little better, with support for some simple profiles and cleaned up the configuration file(it's way too long and verbose), i'd like to make a debian package out of it. live well, vagrant
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