2010/3/24 Björn Thorwirth <[email protected]>: > Hi All! > > I have the idea to create a gentoo livecd focused on pro-audio. I > planned to make a 32 and a 64 bit one. The latter one should base on > portage-multilib-overlay (so it's possible to use recent jack) . I > planned to install the following programs: > > - ardour > - jack > - qjcakctl > - xwax > - patchage > - audacity and/or rezound > - rosegarden > -qsampler > - qtractor > - LMMS > - Mixxx > - Mp3diags > - Sound Converter > - Picard > - gmusicbrowser > - lash/ladish ? > -some synths > > And a common gnome system. Do you have further suggestions what you > would like to see? > > An installable system would be nice, too.I've already created several > gentoo livecds with catalyst, but GLI is since 2006 dead. I already > talked to sabayon devs which use molecule to create sabayon iso's. > molecule is still missing any doc. Do you have suggestions how to create > an installer? And what do you think of the project? > > Best regards, > > Björn Thorwirth
Cheers. It's cool that you want to do something like this for the community. As a couple of others have said, if you like Gnome then I vote you replace it with XFCE4. It's Gnome-like and much lighter. I guess I'm not totally on top of what a Live CD is used for these days. I always viewed it as a stepping stone toward installing the OS. Use the Live CD for a day or two, decide if you like it, and then do the install. How to you envision people people use your Live CD? If there's a permanent use then adding lots of apps makes sense. If it's a step to something else then go light. On the other hand, having some groovy on-line tool that allowed people to choose what apps they wanted and then the app built an iso file that they could burn would be too cool, wouldn't it? ;-) Anyway, good luck with your project. - Mark
