LiveBackup XO-LiveCD

This Live-CD project targets the main goals:

  * give children, students, teachers and parents
    the opportunity to participate and use the
    educational software on a common PC
  * support demonstration of OLPC software to non-developers
  * for developers the CD provides an easy maintainable Live-System,
    which could be used to develop and test activities on the sugar desktop

Please give feedback via mailing list

http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/livebackup-xo-cd

Press Information

http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/sugar_on_classmate_pc.html

http://futurezone.orf.at/hardcore/stories/268610/ (german)

http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2008/04/024/ (german)

Newest Release Version 080607 of the Livebackup XO-LiveCD is available at:

     http://dev.laptop.org/pub/livebackupcd

and mirrored at

     ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/

     http://www.skolelinux.de/XO-LiveCD/

A special edition (german) for Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin

     http://www.skolelinux.de/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_Linuxtag2008.iso 

Main features and changes since version 080321

 * Dual boot option for update.1 and joyride builds,
   You can try out the new SUGAR design by booting a recent
   OLPC joyride version.
 * Improved CD customization. Additional activities and RPM packages
   can be installed by putting them into CD top-level directories.
 * A new script to prepare USB boot devices out of the Live-ISO image.
 * Tested on a wide range of PC and laptop hardware and proved to work
   with all common virtual machines on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
 * Additional Xorg graphic drivers and improved X11
   auto-configuration tools.
 * Bug fixes, updates and new activities.
 * Linux kernel 2.6.24.7, using the aufs-filesystem.

Main features and changes since version 080130:

  * the CD is based on OLPC development build 695
  * better hardware support, based on linux kernel 2.6.24.3                                                                                                             
  * based on LiveBackup Version 1.4.3                                                                                                                                   
  * initial ASUS EeePC support (alpha)                                                                                                                                  
  * new bootsplash and improved boot-error handling                                                                                                                     
  * playing chess and simulation of electronic circuits now                                                                                                             
    works with gcompris                                                                                                                                                 
  * bug fixes, updates and new extra activities

Main features and changes since the initial version 071206:

  * the CD is based on OLPC development build 689
  * during startup you can choose between English, Spanish, French or
    German language/keyboard settings.
  * the Live-CD has an automated installation of additional (beta)
    activities. Depending on available RAM size you will get some or all of:

       BlockParty-7.xo, CartoonBuilder-RC-1.7.xo, FlipSticks-RC-1.4.xo
       Implode-2.xo, JigsawPuzzle-1_20071030.xo, Jump-1.xo,
       Maze-3.xo, Simcity-4.xo, SliderPuzzle-3_20071030.xo, Speak-3.xo
       StopWatchActivity-1.xo, StoryBuilder-11.xo,
       branches-stable-ImageQuiz.activity-ImageQuiz.xo, gcompris.activity.xo

  * the documentation has a new chapter about system installation on
    harddisk and configuration of a multiboot setup.