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godane

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From: NH, USA

Registered: 2008-02-03

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a new archlinux modular livecd

Arch-live is a modular live cd/usb system based on a slax/zenlive like modular design. The goal of the project is to make a live system that will be easier to update then the current arch live system. The current live system are one big squashfs file with 2 or 3 smaller files for some change files. This is not a good modular design since you can't add a program without compressing the whole system again.   

I also want the arch kernel to be used but the initrd/initrramfs needs to be a ext2 gzip file for the linux-live scripts to work. Ext2 is not build-in the kernel so the only way to do it is somehow make the arch initramfs load the arch-live initramfs has root filesystem. So if someone can help with me making the linux-live scripts more arch initramfs compatible that would be great.

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user: root
user: ArchLinux

I hope this helps everyone.

Main update forum post:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43892

I'm posting it here too cause I think newbies will like the modular livecd more.

Here is a list of programs in arch-live:

office:
* abiword
* epdfview (pdf viewer)
* xchm (xchm viewer)

multimedia:
* Asunder ( a cd ripper)
* Avidemux (a simple video editor and encoder)
* audacious (A music player)
* brasero (a cd burner)
* gtkpod (to add music and video to you ipod or copy them from you ipod to hard drive)
* gnome-mplayer (a front-end to mplayer)
* miro (The free and open source internet TV platform)

graphics:
* comix (a comic book viewer)
* GIMP (a photo editor)
* gThumb ( a photo viewer)

development:
* geany (A fast and lightweight IDE)
* kompozer (a web page designer)

network:
* transmission & deluge (both bittorrent app)
* gftp (A multithreaded ftp client for X windows)
* firefox (web browser)
* thunderbird (email client)
* pidgin (IM client)
* urlgfe (download manager)
* wicd (wired and wireless configuration  gui)

others:
* isomaster ( a iso editor)
* catfish (a gui search tool)
* VirtualBox (Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use)

The iso is update to 20080312. There is a module to update it to 20080312 cause some of the packages didn't get installed for 20080312 iso.

I hope this helps people get more interest in the project.

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I'm working on a live cds based on Archlinux. http://godane.wordpress.com/