From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCA91392EF for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 192BDE09B0; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A1DBE08D9 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A7933FBE0 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.158 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.158 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.146, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N8Y08XstbXSv for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6910733FBBD for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WN6wC-0005ql-LP for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:36:41 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:36:40 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:36:40 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] LiveCDs for Uni students Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <531A6A4E.8000102@wht.com.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 SeaMonkey/2.24) X-Archives-Salt: be935a84-92ee-451e-be74-5a02fdfdeacb X-Archives-Hash: 360bc88ad8527bb5b80a83e78d87e255 Andrew Lowe wht.com.au> writes: > I'm looking for a lightweight LiveCD that includes a graphical > environment and gcc/clang so that we can make it available on our > internal network for the students to download/burn and use at home. Does > anyone have any ideas/experience in something like this? I've looked at > Lubuntu but it lacks gcc. adding packages to *ubuntu* after installation, is trivial and part of normal system maintenance. As others have stated, you can use catalyst to create your own gentoo-derivative OS, thus controlling what software the students are using (hopefully). On most every install of linux, it's fairly simple and routine to downloand and install new software; so assess your goals of keeping them each rigidly on the same install base of whatevery distro you select to use. There are 2 differnt gentoo derivatives I'd suggest: Pentoo, is most excellent for the security minded. (weak on community support)..... http://www.pentoo.ch/isos/ Arch linux is fantastic for noobs..... who want a Gentoo_ish distro! https://www.archlinux.org/download/ ymmv, hth, James