DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Kiosk CD with only Browser and IRC

Quote (ripcrd6 @ Aug. 24 2004,11:40)

There is a custom Morphix CD to do this. Look for the Firefox2.iso on the download site.

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There is a custom Morphix CD to do this. Look for the Firefox2.iso on the download site.

I think the major difference is the fact that the firefox iso for Morphix is nearly double the size of the DSL cd. Is firefox just that big, or are other portions of the distro bloated?

Also, this again begs the question, how do you strip out the unwanted programs from DSL?

I mean, okay, yes, it's a really cool distrobution with all of the tools I would need as an administrator, but I'd really like to get it sized down as much as possible. Ultimately, I'm planning on mounting all of the necessary pieces via NFS, and pxe booting the machine instead of requiring media.

The firefox CD, just has the browser, no IRC client. They use the full Gnu-Utils and DSL uses busybox, that's one main difference in size and the dpkg cache is probably still there. I'm sure it could be stripped further.

If you want to remaster DSL, you can follow most of the Howto at Knoppix.net for remastering. Just google for knoppix.net remaster and it will be the top link.

Quote (ripcrd6 @ Sep. 07 2004,13:12)

I wasn't asking how to remaster, thanks, done that. My main point here is that it's problematic at best to strip out the apps one at a time and test over and over. There should be either a how-to on this, or list/log of some kind for each app.

Hey, keep in mind that ctrl-alt-backspace will still drop you to a console where "sudo su" will still get you root priveliges.

I hope your kids aren't that savvy yet.

original here.