on Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Rodrego Alverez (rodalverez@mail.com) wrote:
> I use Debian on my own PC, but am also obliged to move round and use
> other PCs at work where I can not install Linux to other people's
> harddisk. I can use use whatever I want while working on these
> machines though. So what I need is a boot CD which will run a Debian
> session (or other distribution if Debian is not available in this
> way).
>
> Most of my work is server based, so I can do 75% of what I need with
> an assigned a dynamically assigned IP address, ssh client, web browser
> operating over a proxy server (so XF86 & some windows manager), FTP &
> vim.
>
> I noticed Demo-Linux
> (http://www.demolinux.org/en/versions/version-debian.html or
> http://www.demolinux.org/en/versions/version3.html) is Debian-based
> and seems to do as I request. Has anyone used this? Are there other
> / better projects I should consider?
Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.
Thank you.
I use LNX-BBC typically for such needs: http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ Meets
all of the above:
- trivial-networking will configure your network, including
autodiscovery of your network card, via DHCP, or manually.
- ssh and ftp clients. vim.
- numerous web browsers, including lynx and w3m, and BrowseX, a GUI
browser built on the Tcl/Tk tookit. All offer http and https
support.
- X11 via either native (driver) support, which usually works, or
framebuffer, which almost _always_ works. Windowmanager is
blackbox.
Knoppix, also mentioned here, serves a similar purpose, though it's more
a full desktop system on CD than a utility disk. All of the above and
then some.
If all you need is _access_ to your GNU/Linux desktop, I'd recommend
either PuTTY (a GPLd SSH client for Legacy MS Windows), or if you need a
desktop viewer, TightVNC's VNC viewer -- significantly faster than
AT&T's VNC client, and will provide a full desktop session. Both can be
floppied.
Peace.
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