``NetBSD Live!'' Boots Directly Into KDE2

jschauma writes: "A ``NetBSD Live!'' CD, which boots NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 directly from CDROM into KDE, including Koffice, has been made available. This exciting development may be the first step towards 'fancy' graphical installation CDs. Just grab one and carry it around with you, so you never have to boot any other OS! See the announcement on the NetBSD News page, more details are here."

Comments

Re:Suse Live-Eval cd

[Anonymous Coward]

1) On the CD are tools with which you can build
such CDs. (
Mailing list msg announcement)

2) The (release) isos continue to be on the web

3) The full source is out there

4) NetBSD ain't Linux :)

Re:Suse Live-Eval cd

[jschauma]

NetBSD installation ISO images are available
here.
They just don't have the graphical KDE installer that many Linux users depend on.

Not on the *ST* !

[wsapplegate]

I really doubt NetBSD runs on the Atari ST, since that Motorola 68000-based machine doesn't have an MMU (and thus, no memory protection). But it sure can run on the 68030-based Atari TT and the mighty Falcon. BTW, Linux runs on these, too! A special fork of CLinux (the Linux without MMU , aimed at embedded implementations) existed to allow it to run on the original ST line of machines, but has been discontinued. Too bad I'm far from being a kernel hacker :-(

Remember, people: Atari LIVES ! Now, if someone would just make a PowerPC extension for the Falcon, the life would finally have a meaning :-))

Re:Image in German only?

[jschauma]

Yes, it's only on German. That's why the README states:

This NetBSD system uses German keyboard mapping for console and X. You can change this by typing wsconsctl -w encoding=<language>

Also, the scripts to create the CD are included, so you can re-create it with whatever language settings you prefer.