New XO-LiveCD Release 080607

[WolfgangRohrmoser at web.de]

A new release 080607 of the Livebackup XO-LiveCD is available at:

      http://dev.laptop.org/pub/livebackupcd/build-708+joyride-2024

and mirrored in Germany at

      ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/


Main features and changes since version 080321:

   * Dual boot option for update.1 and joyride builds,
     You can try out the new SUGAR design by booting a recent 
      OLPC joyride version.

   * Improved CD customization. Additional activities and RPM packages
     can be installed by putting them into CD top-level directories.

   * A new script to prepare USB boot devices out of the Live-ISO image.

   * Tested on a wide range of PC and laptop hardware and proved to work
     with all common virtual machines on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

   * Additional Xorg graphic drivers and improved X11
     auto-configuration tools.

   * Bug fixes, updates and new activities.

   * Linux kernel 2.6.24.7, using the aufs-filesystem.


This Live-CD project targets the main goals:

   * Give children, students, teachers and parents
     the opportunity to participate and use the
     educational software on a common PC.

   * Demonstration of OLPC/Sugar software to non-developers, you can also
     start the sugar desktop on Windows, Linux or MacOS using a
     Virtual Machine.

   * For developers the CD provides an easy maintainable Live-System,
     which could be used to develop and test activities on the sugar desktop.


Further information is available in the PDF document:

       ftp://rohrmoser-engineering.de/pub/XO-LiveCD/XO-LiveCD_080607.pdf

For discussion we invite you to join the mailing list:

   http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/livebackup-xo-cd


Regards

              Wolfgang Rohrmoser