Help Wanted

[snickers295]

Hello Everyone!
I am looking for someone to help with this idea i have.
heres the idea...
a Linux-based OS with windows manager and Mupen64, Zsnes, Visualboyadvanced and other emus.
i don't know what to call it yet but a livecd sounds nice for it too.
if you want to help post here and tell me.
i will set up a free website and a forum to plan it out.
Please post here.

[LaRoza]

How much do have done already? What are your abilities in this area?

Be sure to post the URL of the site.

[CptPicard]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=creating+a+custom+ubuntu+livecd&btnG=Search

[Het Irv]

The only problem I see is that with the live CD you cannot save your games. How about Usb Booting

[snickers295]

i was thinking of making a usb version too.
i was thinking of having a wizard to save/load games to the hard drive.
i have just come up with the idea and want anyone who can help to at least consider helping me with this because it would be a great idea.

[CptPicard]

He-who-must-not-be-named? Is that you? :shock:

Tell us when you've got something done...

[LaRoza]

He-who-must-not-be-named? Is that you? :shock:

Tell us when you've got something done...

Here we go again...

[snickers295]

i was think of calling it emuCD or CDemu or something like that

[Nolander]

hay,

i like ur idea. have u got a plan or something. and have u started anything.

nolander.

[snickers295]

i am working on a free web forum right now so me and who ever wants to help can plan something out.
i will have a emu for n64, snes, gba, NES and atari.
it will probably be a usb boot thing.
emUSB would be the best name for it.

[snickers295]

heres the site:
http://emusb.bravehost.com/

[smartbei]

Wow. Ads galore. Could you not find a free webhost without ads? There are so many nowadays.

[snickers295]

Wow. Ads galore. Could you not find a free webhost without ads? There are so many nowadays.
i have used bravenet for years and i like that there server are like 1% downtime and i like the free tools and the free offers like the toolbar maker.

[ankursethi]

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Nice service, this Bravehost. Doesn't seem very brave or chivalrous to me.

Starting a forum is not the solution. Do some research before you even make it public that you're doing something. This way you will have a convicing argument and more people will join your project.

Right now you have a castle in the air that none of us can see. This is not how software development works. Either you have the goods or you don't.

Don't take this in a negative sense. Just read up on live CD's, live USB's etc. and on Linux internals. Try Gentoo docs and Linux From Scratch. Decide whether you want to remaster Ubuntu (or another distro) or start from scratch. Then come back here and tell us your grand idea.

~ PEACE ~

[snickers295]

Nice service, this Bravehost. Doesn't seem very brave or chivalrous to me.

Starting a forum is not the solution. Do some research before you even make it public that you're doing something. This way you will have a convicing argument and more people will join your project.

Right now you have a castle in the air that none of us can see. This is not how software development works. Either you have the goods or you don't.

Don't take this in a negative sense. Just read up on live CD's, live USB's etc. and on Linux internals. Try Gentoo docs and Linux From Scratch. Decide whether you want to remaster Ubuntu (or another distro) or start from scratch. Then come back here and tell us your grand idea.

~ PEACE ~
i have read LFS and fixed the problem on the site.
the problem was that the site was called emucd but i renamed it to emUSB and forgot to change in the source.

[xtacocorex]

There are several posts on the forum that document how to go about making your own live cd. There are probably even a couple that talk about creating a USB based OS.

The programming subforum is no use to you for this project, since there is no programming involved, you're just packaging a bunch of stuff onto a cd.

[snickers295]

There are several posts on the forum that document how to go about making your own live cd. There are probably even a couple that talk about creating a USB based OS.

The programming subforum is no use to you for this project, since there is no programming involved, you're just packaging a bunch of stuff onto a cd.
i can't find.
do you know were ones at?

[xtacocorex]

http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=30608027
Look through there, there are threads that will probably help you.

[snickers295]

what if i configured Damn Small Linux and installed window maker instead of flux and put the emus and stuff on that.
would that work?

[LaRoza]

You might want to look at Slax. www.slax.org

When installed to a USB drive, you can easily add programs with the modules on that site. You can also remaster the iso image with the modules. It may be a simpler solution to what you are wanting to make.

[snickers295]

You might want to look at Slax. www.slax.org (http://www.slax.org)

When installed to a USB drive, you can easily add programs with the modules on that site. You can also remaster the iso image with the modules. It may be a simpler solution to what you are wanting to make.
i thought of slax but didn't know if it would work.
thanks for the tip:)
as you can see from my profile on the side there, i use slax.

[snickers295]

anyone know how to make a slax module?
i already have zsnes and visualboyadvanced implanted.
i am about to test it and i will post some pics here ok?

[LaRoza]

anyone know how to make a slax module?


http://www.slax.org/documentation.php

http://www.slax.org/doc_modules.php

[snickers295]

http://www.slax.org/documentation.php

http://www.slax.org/doc_modules.php
thanks laroza!
i have attatched a screenshot of the background i made.

[LaRoza]

thanks laroza!
i have attatched a screenshot of the background i made.

Cool background.

I hope there is more to it than that background though. :-)

[snickers295]

Cool background.

I hope there is more to it than that background though. :-)
ya a lot more.
nolander is going to help with some stuff too.
but i'm am used to getting in over my head.
and if i didn't learn to swim, i'd still be using windows:)
if anyone wants to help please e-mail me at snickers295@yahoo.com

[snickers295]

i need some apps
i need a very striped down firefox because i need it to get just data off emuparadise so people can get ROMS but i don't want it to be a full browser. maybe get it to browse only that site????
and i Need a wizard to save files to the usb stick.
any help is appreciated
i want this to be very easy for newbies

[smartbei]

Try Epiphany - Gecko engine but much lighter than firefox.

A wizard to save files to usb? What exactly would it do?

[snickers295]

Try Epiphany - Gecko engine but much lighter than firefox.

A wizard to save files to usb? What exactly would it do?
like the firefox clear private data, ask if you want to save to a hard drive or the usb stick that the system is on then checking the the things you want to save in the check boxes then saving the data to the drive.

[snickers295]

that would work but i need a ad blocker or something to block the ads.

[snickers295]

i found them in package manager but how do i get them in slax?

[LaRoza]

i found them in package manager but how do i get them in slax?

Read the page I cited earlier. It has information on such things.

[snickers295]

ok i have figured out where to start out at, i will compile a new kernel and change boot menus and settings and such then i will move on to modules and stuff like that.
i will post back when i'm done.

p.s.
i swtched hosts so the website is http://emusb.awardspace.com
if you go to the first site i have made a redirection link so it will still take you there.