Scott T. Smith wrote: >On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 00:12, qdvdauthor wrote: > > >>I would like to ask if some of you would be interested in putting >>together a live bootable CD (similar to, or based on Knoppix), which is >>not too bloated, say around 20-50MBytes, and has all one needs to >>author, and burn Video DVDs, VCDs, CDs et al. >> >> > >not sure the point. anyone who wants to burn DVDs/CDs will have the >media files stored somewhere, and that (probably) means they already >have an OS of some sort installed. Wouldn't it just be easier to >compile the said programs for that OS? > > > Why ... not neccesary, if he's just starting out or wants to toy a little. I agree that you should have the cd / dvd - burner free though, but there are live systems which don't need to have the CD in the drive all the time.
>>I think this would be a very interesting project. I am currently still >>in pre-alpha mode for 'Q' DVD-Author but I already get some messages >>about compile problems. With a bootable CD we could ensure that all >>applications (kdenlive, dvdauthor, kino etc.) are working propperly >>together and the user could check if it is working for him. >> >> > >The fact that some users have problems compiling programs is not a >compelling reason to have Yet Another Live Distro. In my opinion, there >are way too many live distros (I think there should be two: Knoppix, and >a tiny rescue disc). > > I respectfully disagree, the more the better :). The compile issue is just a trigger, not the reason. >You can always prepackage binary versions of your programs for those >that cannot compile for themselves, or specify the minimum requirements >for compiling. Also, autoconf is your friend (be sure to distribute >pregenerated 'configure' scripts in addition to 'configure.ac' because >autoconf is very version specific) > > > I know but I also know of the hell you have to go through to compile some unmaintained 'old' source code on your supder duper new Linux 2.8.12 -ac299 (which is the Linux release I hope to have reached beta stage for my application ;) > Scott > > > The point of this live CD should be to give a 100% solution to a complicated and currently underperformed matter in Linux. All the library dependencies, application choice etc are not the easiest to overcome for Joe Average with his newly bought camcorder. I know because I feel like him at the current rate. I also know I would have tried a Live CD before anything else, out of convinience. The problem is that currently you can not plug your camcorder into you new Linux install and pop up a program to download the video, edit it, author a DVD menu and burn it onto VCD, or DVD. Currently you got to find all neccesary tools. Varol Okan :) Ps. Scott I am not bashing you, I appreciate your feedback.
