Welcome to Tux2live Project

Welcome

Tux2live is toolkit to build your Linux live environment from what you installed in hard disk and it's easy to customize and configure.

http://tux.nchc.org.tw/tux2live/

Download

Tar package

Branches	Description	Site
Stable	Stable version: Done forlots testing and bug fix, recommend for normal user	Tux@Sourceforge
Testing	Testing version：Developing, testing version	Tux@Sourceforge
Previous	History archive	Tux@Sourceforge
Tools	Related tools：Tools for integrade with Tux2live or other Live CD related tools	Tux@Sourceforge

Recommend to uncompress the tarball file into the directory that have large space of partition

 $ tar xzvf  tux2live-x.x.x.tgz  -C /your/large.space/path

Otherwise, you can setup "output" and "temp" directory via "--outputdir" and "--tmpdir" parameters during executing command. Please visit HelpManual for more detail manual page of parameters

Source Code
Use svn tool to extract source codes from Tux2live SVN repository.

 $ svn export https://free.nchc.org.tw/svn/tux2live/trunk tux2live

Other download site ：Free.NCHC

System required package

Packages:
- rsync
- squashfs-tools
- mkiso
Kernel modules:
- squashfs module
- aufs/unionfs or dm_snapshot module

Note:
You can run ./tux2live -c to identify what packages are necessary but missed
* Please refer ReuqiredPackage to check necessary package

Usage

Display help message
$ ./tux2live --help
To check if system environment be prepared all necessary component for tux2live )
$ ./tux2live [-c|--checkenv]

The follow actions need "super user" privilege

Batch mode
Batch mode(-b)。The easy way to start 。It would spend lot of time if you run this program first time.

 $ sudo ./tux2live -b

Assign tmp and output directory for tux2live, run scripts in batch mode and import user01 data into live system
Assign 'tmp' and 'output' directory for tux2live, run scripts in batch mode (-b) and import user (user01) data into live system

 $ sudo ./tux2live -b --tmpdir /mnt/large_space/tmp --outputdir /mnt/large_space/output -I user01

Only rebuild root filesystem for live CD and re-create iso file named my-tux2live-cd.iso
Only rebuild root filesystem for live CD and re-create iso file named my-tux2live-cd.iso

 $ sudo ./tux2live -b --mkrootfs --mkiso -o my-tux2live-cd.iso

Note :
You only want to update root filesystem of live system and rebuild the iso file if you have done before. Only use " --mkiso" to rebuild iso file if you onlu modify the boot parameter of isolinux. The advantage is system don't have to re-run every procedure from head. Of course , you have to make sure it has no dependency issue for each procedure.

Please refer HelpManual for more detail

Support Linux Distributions Lists

The follow lists are be tested and work fine under virtual/real machine :

Debian base (Support i386/x86-64 base):
- Debian : Wheezy,Squeeze, Lenny, Etch
- Ubuntu : 11.04(Natty Narwhal),10.10(Maverck Meerkat),10.04(Lucid Lynx),9.10(Karmic Koala),9.04(Jaunty Jackalope),8.10(Intrepid Ibex),8.04(Hardy Heron),7.10(Gutsy Gibbon),7.04(Feisty Fawn),6.10(Edgy Eft), 6.06(Dapper Drake)
RH/MDK like (Support i386 base):
- RH like : Fedora 14/13/12/11/10/9/8/7/6, Centos 5.x, Scientific 6x/5x,
- Mandriva: Mandriva 2010.x/2009.0/2008/2007.x, Megia 1 beta
Suse:
- Not yet !!

Tux2live live CD/DVD sample：Packaged-CDs

Packaged-CDs

Some live system sample packed vis Tux2live :

Tux2live-Edubuntu.Jaunty Downlolad (MD5SUM :b04d69c75f5277dcc38866a1818533c4 )
- Based on Ubuntu Jaunty, with Edu-Desktop packages
- Use Lazybuntu to tune Chinese localization, frequently-used programs installed
- Install Freemind, DrGeo ...etc for educative software
- Install gparted and relative library packages
- Screenshot ?
All lists: http://free.nchc.org.tw/tux2live/download/Packaged-cd/