On 9/22/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Rice</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@ricey.co.uk">dave@ricey.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
ok guys and girls,<br><br>the first step is done...a choice of base distro (i think!) and the<br>initial boot screen.<br><br>i am leaning towards gnoppix as the base...it has a nice construction.<br>based on Ubuntu 5.10 and gnome
2.12<br>It is also easy to install kde, but on my test run the iso came to 839mb<br>- a tad too big! and that was after slimming down<br>some of the bigger programs!<br><br>anyway, i'll keep at it, a screenshot of the bootloader is here:
<br><br><a href="http://www.ricey.co.uk/images/lincslug1.png">http://www.ricey.co.uk/images/lincslug1.png</a><br><br>comments and feedback please....</blockquote><div><br>
The bootloader is OK, although perhaps a little dull in colour. I'm no
designer, but shouldn't we try something a little more lively, to make
it look more exciting? <br>
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Do you have a list of the programs/packages/whatever on that 839MB iso? Perhaps we could help you slim it down a bit.<br>
</div></div>-- <br>Thanks,<br>-Matt Dancer <barodato at gmail dot com>