Talk:OS images

Reorganizing "Build images" pages

The current Build images pages are getting to get a bit disorganized. With the landing of LinuxBIOS, many testers will be using these images containing the Geode fbdev/X drivers rather than their own installs. These pages need to be cleaned up and organized so that they are easier to understand for the new influx of testers.

First change, "Build images" should be moved to something a little bit more descriptive, such as "Operating System images."

The Operating System images page should then be split up into multiple pages. The main page should continue to list information on how to download images, and the various images available. "Using Images" should be split into many different pages, possibly ones for "Using Operating System images on test boards", which would list instructions about dd'ing to a dedicated device, or the nitpicks and notes of copying to files to an existing filesystem and upgrading. "Using Operating System images in an emulator" could then describe use of QEMU on Linux, Windows, and the Mac, as well as in VMWare.

Multiple pages prompts the creation of some new categories. Some categories I can think of 'Emulation' and 'Operating System'. --SamatJain 02:03, 23 August 2006 (EDT)

Things to try once the build has loaded

Below we could discuss things that a user can currently do with the latest builds.

Build 59 allowed me to search the web, but much else yet (not meant as a criticism!)

Experiences with the build images:

Dell Latitude D600 Laptop with USB image build59

I'm no expert in Linux at all, but I really wanted to try the OLPC build to see how it works... I have a Mac