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Article #55358[Q]: using Linux as a CD-ROM application launcher
From: Cameron Newham
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00
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I am interested to hear peoples opinions... I am developing an application under Linux (uses Qt, and Postgress). I don't want to port this to Windows but I would like non-Linux users to be able to use it. I intend to distribute my application on CD-ROM and it will use X. I am thinking of providing a cut-down Linux distribution on the CD-ROM - just enough to run X and my application. It would be nice if it booted from the CD, but it's probably easier to provide a boot floppy. Of course, this leads to some tricky questions: 1) Can Linux configure itself for whatever CD device is detected? 2) What do you suggest for configuring X? What would be the easiest approach. 3) Is there anything I haven't thought of here - is it possible to do? :-) Any comments greatly appreciated! Regards, Cameron.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,e6de5720196493a6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: cam@opera.iinet.net.au (Cameron Newham) Subject: [Q]: using Linux as a CD-ROM application launcher Date: 1997/06/20 Message-ID: <5obstm$v2e$1@opera.iinet.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 251158226 Organization: iiNet Technologies Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux