[Gnoppix-devel] Re: planning for GNOPPIX 0.6

[Sven Luther]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 04:57:29PM +0200, Sven Herzberg wrote:
> Am Mi, 2003-09-10 um 16.12 schrieb Sven Luther:
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:42:20PM +0200, Sven Herzberg wrote:
> > >   I am the maintainer of the GNOPPIX project (which is a linux live cd
> > > based upon Debian/GNU Linux 3.0). We made a release last weekend and we
> > > would be happy if it was possible to have a GNOME 2.4 backport for Woody
> > > within 2 weeks.
> > 
> > Hello Sven :)))
> 
> Hello Sven :)

:)))

> > I have been working with amu two month ago to try to build a powerpc
> > lice CD based on debian, as such it would interest me to make a powerpc
> > version of Gnoppix,
> 
>   Of course, we're interested into a GnoppixPPC (especially I am as I
> plan to buy a PowerBook in the near future).

Ah, yes, best portable ever, i wonder what the next gen powerbooks will
be like though, as they will probably either have a nvidia graphic card
or hopefully an Radeon Mobility 9600. In both case, there will be no DRI
available though :(((

> > altough i am not really familiar with the process of
> > making a live CD (you install everything into a chroot, and then make a
> > CD of it, using cloop or gcloop or something such). 
> 
>   I don't have to mess around with the mastering stuff (yet), that's
> still amu's task.

Ok, i will ask him again. He has an account on my box anyway.

> > Anyway, since amu didn't follow up on this, do you have any hint for me
> > on how to getting started building such a live CD ?
> 
>   Sorry, nope, but I send this mail to gnoppix-devel too, so amu (or
> someone else) might catch you up.

Ok.

Friendly,

Sven Luther