I downloaded the current SAGE live CD a week ago. It is based on Ubuntu. I recently compiled sage for puppy linux. and had the idea to build a Live CD based on this distro. The reason: puppy linux base distro is just 110 MB, including a complete set of applications. This makes it an ideal base distro for a big package like Sage.
I have a working prototype which includes amongs others: Abiword, Gnumeric, Geany-IDE, Pdf viewer, Web Browser&emailclient, Mpaint, Inkscape light, Video player etc ..). Additional there are lots of hardware drivers and system tools like Gparted. This makes it rather easy to set up. There are installation wizards with a lot of options, e.g. installation on a USB drive. And of course it includes Sage, Latex (with Lyx editor), octave, gnuplot, wine and the complete sage documentation. I think this could be really usefull in giving talks about sage and using it in teaching. I am currently trying to figure out how java support is implemented to Sage. Can it somehow be accessed from outside the package? The reason is: I want the CD be as usefull as possible, for a 700 MB CD I have just 8 MB left, not enough to add a Java Package to my Puppy Base install (or maybe I have to decide to skip wine). I also want to add some flashy demos (graphics, etc..) and examples how to use sage, maybe more for beginners at the undergraduate level. I could post a download link for my current prototype if anybody is willing to test it. Kind regards emil currently puppy linux Live CD is just 32 Bit You could also send me a private mail to emil.widm...@gmail.com On Feb 2, 2:31 am, calcp...@aol.com wrote: > I was about to download the latest SAGE live CD when I noticed that > there's only one version of the ISO. Here's a few questions about the > current ISO: > > Last time I burned the CD there was a 32bit and a 64bit version (4.1?). > It looks like this one is based on SAGE 4.2, but I would like to know > if its 32bit or 64bit. What version is this one? > > Does the new CD still use the fluxbox desktop? > > The CD is based on a linux distro, is it Debian? > > TIA, > A. Jorge Garciahttp://calcpage.tripod.com > > Teacher & Professor > Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science > Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
