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COMP 3000 Distribution Sign-up 2011

2011-10-20T03:26:21Z

Dlpkelly:

Sign up for the distribution you want to report on here. Note that others are also editing page so verify that the page hasn't been mangled after you make your changes. To help with this, try to only edit the section for the appropriate alphabet range (e.g., Ubuntu should go under T-V).

Note that no more than two people may sign up for each distribution. If two people sign up for a distribution, you two '''should be working together''' on a joint report. If you are not working together, then note that the person who picked the distribution gets a 10% bonus: that person, after all, did the work to find the distribution.

Please sign up with your wiki name (which, generally, should be the same as your connect username). See [http://www.distrowatch.com Distrowatch] to see what distributions are out there. Also, search for types of operating system distributions.

Please '''do not''' sign up for a major distribution. This includes but is not limited to the major distributions listed by Distrowatch. Pick out something specialized and obscure! If in doubt, please email the instructors and TAs.

If you are submitting your report on the wiki, please add a link to it as shown in the example. Please title the page using the name of your distribution, not your name.

Further information on the report is [[COMP 3000 Distribution Report Specifications 2011|here]].

Example entry:

* [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu]: asomayaj, snetimar ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Ubuntu|Report]])

==Distributions A-D==
[http://alpinelinux.org/ Alpine Linux]: mevans ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Alpine|Report]])

[http://www.apodio.org/ APODIO]: mbrowna ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: APODIO|Report]])

[http://www.artistx.org/site3/ ArtistX]: adangel2 ([[Comp 3000 ArtistX Report|Report]])

BackTrack: dcarson

[http://www.bodhilinux.com/ Bodhi Linux]: jboucha2 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Bodhi|Report]])

[http://Caine-Live.net/ CAINE Linux]: nyoung2 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: CAINE|Report]])

Chromium OS(Chrome OS): baathari

[http://crunchbanglinux.org/ CrunchBang]: drewmartin ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: CrunchBang|Report]])

[http://crux.nu/ CRUX]: ttian1

[http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Damn Small Linux]: MartyV ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Damn Small Linux|Report]])

Damn Vulnerable Linux: amurphy7 , vsanthir ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Damn Vulnerable Linux|Report]])

[http://www.deftlinux.net/ DEFT Linux]: deadlytea ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: DEFT Linux|Report]])

[http://www.doudoulinux.org/ DoudouLinux]:fmcyamwe,tchopel([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: DoudouLinux|Report]])

==Distributions E-H==

[http://www.edubuntu.org/ Edubuntu]: smaqsood ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Edubuntu|Report]])

[http://www.funtoo.org/ Funtoo Linux]: porter.nicolas ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Funtoo Linux|Report]])

[http://www.gobolinux.org/ GoboLinux]: NameGoesHere

[http://haiku-os.org/ Haiku]: nhoda, thildebr

[http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/Site/Home.html Hannah Montana Linux]:ttian1

==Distributions I-M==
Incognito Live System: bwernik ([[Report: TAILS]])

[http://www.inquisitor.ru/ Inquisitor]: atchekan ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report - Part 1 of 3: Inquisitor|Report]])

[http://www.jolicloud.com/ Joli OS (Jolicloud)]: nkathrad tsukasa19([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Joli OS|Report]])

[http://knosciences.tuxfamily.org/doku.php KnoSciences]: nTierney([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: KnoSciences|Report]])

[http://www.dee.su/liberte/ Liberté Linux]: Murals

[http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm Lightweight Portable Security]: jeckhard ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: LPS|Report]])

[http://linhes.org/bugs/ LinHes]:jmarcha1 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: LinHES|Report]])

[http://live.linux-gamers.net/ linuX-Gamers Live]: dlpkelly ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live|Report]])

Linux Mangaka One: AsoCchahal ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Linux Mangaka One|Report]])

[http://lubuntu.net/ Lubuntu]: falaskar

[http://www.menuetos.net/ MenuetOS]: Caesar, Vangelis ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: MenuetOS|Report]])

[http://puppylinux.org/wikka/LegacyOS/ Legacy OS]:rnyssanb, zzhou6([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Legacy|Report]])

[http://macpup.org/ Macpup]: kbyrd, rcarrot1 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Macpup|Report]])

==Distributions N-P==

[http://www.nova.cu/?q=en/start Nova]: jaze ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Nova|Report]])

[http://partedmagic.com/doku.php Parted Magic]: erhodes

[http://peppermintos.com/ PeppermintOS]: fmuhamma

[http://perllinux.sourceforge.net/ Perl/Linux]:

Privatix Live-System: gbooth, sbrett ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Privatix|Report]])

[http://puppylinux.org/ Puppy Linux]: mwooff, jnrahme ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: PuppyLinux|Report]])

[http://www.pinguyos.com/ PinguyOS]: ssivara, uramazan (pdawod)

[http://www.en.poseidonlinux.org/ Poseidon Linux]: 36chambers

PC-BSD : todetoyi([[COMP 3000 2011 Report:PC-BSD|Report]]), qliu1 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: qliu|Report]])

[http://www.parsix.org/ Parsix GNU/Linux]: tzhang1, jzhang ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Parsix GNU/Linux|Report]])

[http://www.pardus.org.tr/en/ Pardus]: ksubedi ([[Report: Pardus Linux|Report]])

[http://www.puredyne.org/ Puredyne]: Carlton

==Distributions Q-S==
[http://www.qimo4kids.com Qimo]: rwolfe ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Qimo|Report]])

[http://qubes-os.org/Home.html Qubes]: dneray ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Qubes beta 2|Report]])

[http://bkhome.org/quirky/ Quirky]: Qingming_no_lisca（[[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Quirky|Report]]）

[http://www.swiftlinux.org/ Swift Linux]: mabadeer, Yliu11([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Swift Linux|Report]])

[http://www.salineos.com/ SalineOS]: drhill ([[COMP 3000 2011 Drhill's Report: SalineOS 1.4|Report]])

[http://www.scientificlinux.org/ Scientific Linux]: kfourni1

[http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware]: sturnbu5 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Slackware 13.37|Report]])

[http://www.slax.org/ SLAX]: Andre Song

[http://www.slitaz.org/en/ SliTaz]: Bobbybobbets ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: SliTaz|Report]])

[http://www.stresslinux.org/sl/ StressLinux]: achaddad

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/suicide-linux/ Suicide-Linux]:

[http://www.sabayon.org/ Sabayon Linux]: mabdirah, selmoafi

==Distributions T-W==
[http://tails.boum.org/index.en.html/ TAILS]: Khorrus

[http://bellard.org/tcc/tccboot.html TCCBOOT: TinyCC Boot Loader]:

[http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/welcome.html/ Tiny Core Linux ]: aadegbem ([[Comp 3000 2011 Report: Tiny Core Linux|Report]])

[http://www.minimalinux.org/ttylinux/ ttylinux]: kmacmart

[http://www.uberstudent.org/ UberStudent]: akwiatko ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: UberStudent|Report]])

[http://ubuntustudio.org/ Ubuntu Studio]: Chashem and Jbyford ([[Editing COMP 3000 2011 Report: Ubuntu Studio|Report]])

[http://vectorlinux.com/ VectorLinux]: judethedude,Lkuate ([[ VectorLinux|Report]])

[http://www.planetwatt.com/ wattOS]: JPAL

==Distributions X-Z==
[http://www.zentyal.com/ Zentyal]: cyu3 ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Zentyal|Report]])

[http://www.zenwalk.org/ Zenwalk]: mgizbert ([[Editing COMP 3000 2011 Report: Zenwalk|Report]])

[http://http://www.zeroshell.net/ ZeroShell]: bvardal ([[Editing COMP 3000 2011 Report: ZeroShell|Report]])

[http://www.zorin-os.com/ Zorin OS]: awillman ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: Zorin OS|Report]])

[http://www.xbmc.org/ XBMC]: awallac1, ketsiagb ([[COMP 3000 2011 Report: XBMC|Report]])

[http://www.xubuntu.org/ Xubuntu]: ernibek, Komarova

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T03:23:06Z

Dlpkelly:

== Background ==

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=home "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=games "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is unser 1GB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is under 5GB<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games"></ref>. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux<ref>[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxgamers "DistroWatch.com: linuX-gamers Live DVD"]: distrowatch.com. 2011-07-27. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref> and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_team">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=team "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_download">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_faq">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=faq "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_faq"></ref>. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

linuX-gamers Live DVD does exactly what it sets out to do. It give it users an easy to use live Linux distribution that allows user to carry around a collection of linux game for demonstration, gaming, or parties. It's simple and bare bones user interface allows you to easily access any feature of lglive from the desktop, and it's collection of utility applications let's you do the exact things you would want to when gaming, play games, chat and use the internet. Because of it's simplicity and focus on gaming, lglive is able to include drivers for many of today's graphic, network and sound cards making it compatible and efficient on most any machine. It's network booting option makes LAN parties extremely simple as only one copy of the distribution is required. Despite it's many benefits, lglive has it's drawbacks and limitations. Although lglive includes a voice chat client, Mumble, and an IRC client, XChat, it does not include software to host the associated servers meaning that at least one computer is required running another distribution to host and IRC or Mumble server. There is also no easy way to simple or easy way to install new software and games on lglive as it does not include any application installer and is generally run from a Live CD/DVD. This severly limits the appeal of the distribution as only those games included with the distribution can really be played using lglive.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T03:21:44Z

Dlpkelly:

== Background ==

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=home "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=games "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is unser 1GB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is under 5GB<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games"></ref>. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux<ref>[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxgamers "DistroWatch.com: linuX-gamers Live DVD"]: distrowatch.com. 2011-07-27. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref> and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_team">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=team "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_download">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_faq">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=faq "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

linuX-gamers Live DVD does exactly what it sets out to do. It give it users an easy to use live Linux distribution that allows user to carry around a collection of linux game for demonstration, gaming, or parties. It's simple and bare bones user interface allows you to easily access any feature of lglive from the desktop, and it's collection of utility applications let's you do the exact things you would want to when gaming, play games, chat and use the internet. Because of it's simplicity and focus on gaming, lglive is able to include drivers for many of today's graphic, network and sound cards making it compatible and efficient on most any machine. It's network booting option makes LAN parties extremely simple as only one copy of the distribution is required. Despite it's many benefits, lglive has it's drawbacks and limitations. Although lglive includes a voice chat client, Mumble, and an IRC client, XChat, it does not include software to host the associated servers meaning that at least one computer is required running another distribution to host and IRC or Mumble server. There is also no easy way to simple or easy way to install new software and games on lglive as it does not include any application installer and is generally run from a Live CD/DVD. This severly limits the appeal of the distribution as only those games included with the distribution can really be played using lglive.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T03:17:08Z

Dlpkelly: References

== Background ==

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=home "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=games "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is unser 1GB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is under 5GB<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_games"></ref>. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_home"></ref>. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux<ref>[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxgamers "DistroWatch.com: linuX-gamers Live DVD"]: distrowatch.com. 2011-07-27. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref> and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse<ref name = "live.linuX-gamers.net_team">[http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=team "live.linuX-gamers.net"]: live.linuX-gamers.net. (Last accessed 2011-10-19).</ref>. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

linuX-gamers Live DVD does exactly what it sets out to do. It give it users an easy to use live Linux distribution that allows user to carry around a collection of linux game for demonstration, gaming, or parties. It's simple and bare bones user interface allows you to easily access any feature of lglive from the desktop, and it's collection of utility applications let's you do the exact things you would want to when gaming, play games, chat and use the internet. Because of it's simplicity and focus on gaming, lglive is able to include drivers for many of today's graphic, network and sound cards making it compatible and efficient on most any machine. It's network booting option makes LAN parties extremely simple as only one copy of the distribution is required. Despite it's many benefits, lglive has it's drawbacks and limitations. Although lglive includes a voice chat client, Mumble, and an IRC client, XChat, it does not include software to host the associated servers meaning that at least one computer is required running another distribution to host and IRC or Mumble server. There is also no easy way to simple or easy way to install new software and games on lglive as it does not include any application installer and is generally run from a Live CD/DVD. This severly limits the appeal of the distribution as only those games included with the distribution can really be played using lglive.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T02:58:39Z

Dlpkelly: Remove assignment instuctions

== Background ==

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is about 654 MB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is about 4.36 GB. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

linuX-gamers Live DVD does exactly what it sets out to do. It give it users an easy to use live Linux distribution that allows user to carry around a collection of linux game for demonstration, gaming, or parties. It's simple and bare bones user interface allows you to easily access any feature of lglive from the desktop, and it's collection of utility applications let's you do the exact things you would want to when gaming, play games, chat and use the internet. Because of it's simplicity and focus on gaming, lglive is able to include drivers for many of today's graphic, network and sound cards making it compatible and efficient on most any machine. It's network booting option makes LAN parties extremely simple as only one copy of the distribution is required. Despite it's many benefits, lglive has it's drawbacks and limitations. Although lglive includes a voice chat client, Mumble, and an IRC client, XChat, it does not include software to host the associated servers meaning that at least one computer is required running another distribution to host and IRC or Mumble server. There is also no easy way to simple or easy way to install new software and games on lglive as it does not include any application installer and is generally run from a Live CD/DVD. This severly limits the appeal of the distribution as only those games included with the distribution can really be played using lglive.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T02:57:39Z

Dlpkelly: /* Usage Evaluation */

== Background ==

This section should detail background information about your distribution. Please describe:
The name of the distribution,
its goals and target audience,
who develops it,
how it may be obtained,
its approximate size,
and its heritage (what other OS distribution(s) is it derived from.
Also include any other background information that you feel is relevant for understanding the rest of your report.

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is about 654 MB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is about 4.36 GB. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

In this section, detail how you got the distribution up and running. Ideally, include a screenshot or two of the installation/boot procedure. Describe the setup of the virtualization software you used, if any. Also detail any problems you encountered and how you overcame them (or didn't).

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

linuX-gamers Live DVD does exactly what it sets out to do. It give it users an easy to use live Linux distribution that allows user to carry around a collection of linux game for demonstration, gaming, or parties. It's simple and bare bones user interface allows you to easily access any feature of lglive from the desktop, and it's collection of utility applications let's you do the exact things you would want to when gaming, play games, chat and use the internet. Because of it's simplicity and focus on gaming, lglive is able to include drivers for many of today's graphic, network and sound cards making it compatible and efficient on most any machine. It's network booting option makes LAN parties extremely simple as only one copy of the distribution is required. Despite it's many benefits, lglive has it's drawbacks and limitations. Although lglive includes a voice chat client, Mumble, and an IRC client, XChat, it does not include software to host the associated servers meaning that at least one computer is required running another distribution to host and IRC or Mumble server. There is also no easy way to simple or easy way to install new software and games on lglive as it does not include any application installer and is generally run from a Live CD/DVD. This severly limits the appeal of the distribution as only those games included with the distribution can really be played using lglive.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T02:30:18Z

Dlpkelly: Installing onto hard drive.

== Background ==

This section should detail background information about your distribution. Please describe:
The name of the distribution,
its goals and target audience,
who develops it,
how it may be obtained,
its approximate size,
and its heritage (what other OS distribution(s) is it derived from.
Also include any other background information that you feel is relevant for understanding the rest of your report.

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is about 654 MB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is about 4.36 GB. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

In this section, detail how you got the distribution up and running. Ideally, include a screenshot or two of the installation/boot procedure. Describe the setup of the virtualization software you used, if any. Also detail any problems you encountered and how you overcame them (or didn't).

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

==== Installing on Hard Drive ====

Though designed for use as a live CD/DVD, linuX-gamers.net live may also be installed onto a hard drive. This requires first booting from a live cd, and then selecting the option to "Install lglive on hard drive". The drawbacks of this is that currently lglive will take up the entire hard drive, erasing anything else on it. To install onto the hard drive follow these instructions:

# Create a lglive CD/DVD/USB.
# Boot lglive using prefered method.
# After booting, right click on the desktop.
# Select "Install lglive on hard drive".
# Select the desired drive on which to install lglive.
# Confirm your selection and allow lglive to install itself.

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

To what extent does your chosen distribution meet its design goals? What is your overall impression of it? Be candid and specific in your critique or praise.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T02:19:18Z

Dlpkelly: Numbering fix and remove duplicate.

== Background ==

This section should detail background information about your distribution. Please describe:
The name of the distribution,
its goals and target audience,
who develops it,
how it may be obtained,
its approximate size,
and its heritage (what other OS distribution(s) is it derived from.
Also include any other background information that you feel is relevant for understanding the rest of your report.

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is about 654 MB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is about 4.36 GB. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

In this section, detail how you got the distribution up and running. Ideally, include a screenshot or two of the installation/boot procedure. Describe the setup of the virtualization software you used, if any. Also detail any problems you encountered and how you overcame them (or didn't).

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

To what extent does your chosen distribution meet its design goals? What is your overall impression of it? Be candid and specific in your critique or praise.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T02:18:09Z

Dlpkelly: Basic operation

== Background ==

This section should detail background information about your distribution. Please describe:
The name of the distribution,
its goals and target audience,
who develops it,
how it may be obtained,
its approximate size,
and its heritage (what other OS distribution(s) is it derived from.
Also include any other background information that you feel is relevant for understanding the rest of your report.

linuX-gamers.net Live DVD (lglive) is a Linux live distribution aimed at gamers allowing them to carry a collection of Linux games and utilities bootable on any computer of sufficient power without any required installation. lglive comes in two versions, the Big edition, and the Lite edition. Both editions are identical except for the Lite edition contains less games, more specifically getting rid of games that require more powerful hardware or are unsuitable for children. The Lite edition contains 18 games and is about 654 MB, and the Big edition contains an additional 17 for a total of 35 games, and is about 4.36 GB. Both editions contain XChat for IRC, Arora for web browsing, and Mumble for voice chat. As well both versions support network booting and hosting support allowing one copy of the distribution to run on multiple computers over a LAN. The distribution is based off of Arch Linux and was originally developed by some member and staff of linuX-gamers.net, and is now primarily developed by Sven-Hendrik 'Svenstaro' Hasse. The distribution may be obtained through the sites [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download download section] or by downloading and compiling the source code from projects [https://github.com/svenstaro/lglive git hub page].

== Installation/Startup ==

In this section, detail how you got the distribution up and running. Ideally, include a screenshot or two of the installation/boot procedure. Describe the setup of the virtualization software you used, if any. Also detail any problems you encountered and how you overcame them (or didn't).

Installation is very easy for lglive as it is a Live distribution meaning installation is as easy as downloading the iso and burning it to a CD/DVD or writing the iso to a USB flash drive. If on Windows, lglive recommends using [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder] for burning to a CD/DVD and [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip Win32DiskImager] if writing to a USB flash drive. Both are available for free online. Once written you can then boot from the device you installed it on from almost any computer. You can also boot multiple computers from the same device over a network. Below are the different methods of [[#Installation | Installinion]] and [[#Startup | Startup]].

=== Installation ===

==== Burn to a CD/DVD ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Place a blank CD or DVD of sufficient size for your selected version into your CD/DVD writer.

===== On Windows (with InfraRecorder) =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open InfraRecorder. If not already installed you can download InfraRecorder from [http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 here].</li>
<li>Select the "Write Image" option.</li>
<li>When prompted locate and select the lglive iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "OK".</li>
</ol>

==== Write to a USB Flash Drive ====

# Download the latest version of lglive from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=download].
# Connect to your computer the flash drive you wish to install lglive on to.
# Back up any data or programs on the flash drive you wish to keep as all data on the flash drive will be lost.

===== On Windows =====

<ol start="3">
<li>Open Win32DiskImager. If not already installed you can download Win32DiskImager from [http://live.linux-gamers.net/iso/win32diskimager.zip here].</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate path to the iso you downloaded earlier.</li>
<li>Select the appropriate drive from the drop down menu and press "Write".</li>
</ol>

===== On Linux =====

<ol start="4">
<li>Open the terminal.</li>
<li>Run the following command "dd if=/path/to/lglive.iso of=/dev/your-flash-drive bs=32M".</li>
</ol>

=== Startup ===

==== From CD/DVD or USB ====

# Insert the device on which you have installed linuX-gamers.net live.
# Boot the computer making sure to boot from the selected device.
# Select "Boot live.linux-gamers from" the boot menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

==== Over Local Area Network (LAN) ====

# Boot the host computer from a CD/DVD/USB.
# On the host computer right click on the desktop.
# Select "Host lglive in LAN". Only one computer may host on a network at a time.
# Boot all the other computers with "network boot". Some BIOS may require you to activate this from the BIOS menu.
# Select the appropriate language from the menu.

== Basic Operation ==

=== Launch a Game or Program ===

Launching a game or program in lglive is extremely easy. Any program may be launched by clicking the appropriate item in the main desktop panels, or by right clicking on the desktop and selecting the program from the list provided.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

=== Create a Persistent Home ===

Creating a persistent home allows settings to be saved on a computer between boots of lglive. Creating a persistent home requires the creation of a new partition to hold the settings information and thus should only be attempted by advanced users. To create a persistent home follow these steps:

# Open xterm.
# Enter the command "sudo cfdisk /dev/sda".
# Select a section of free space from the menu. If there is no free space you will need to resize one of your partitions.
# Once you have selected some free space, select "[New]", then "[Primary]", and then enter the amount of space you would like to use for the partition.
# Remember the name (sda#) of the partition you created and then select "[Write]".
# In xterm enter the command "mkfs.ext4 -L LGLIVE_HOME /dev/sda#" where sda# is the name of the partition you created.
# Now when booting select "Use persistent home" when prompted.

== Usage Evaluation ==

To what extent does your chosen distribution meet its design goals? What is your overall impression of it? Be candid and specific in your critique or praise.

== References ==

<references />

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T01:15:53Z

Dlpkelly: Installing

COMP 3000 2011 Report: linuX-gamers Live

2011-10-20T00:41:27Z

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