LiveBackup XO-LiveCD: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/ |
ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/ |
||
http://skolelinux.de/XO-LiveCD/ |
|||
Changelog |
|||
* 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: == |
== Main features and changes since version 080130: == |
Revision as of 10:45, 11 June 2008
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/
Changelog
* 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.