In a recent post Meklort stated that he will focus on simplifying the installation experience even more for the 0.8.4 release. his main goal is to make NetbookBootMaker supported on multiple platforms (or a version of it for each).
Many users on the MyDellMini forum have installed using Mechdrew’s NetbookCD and related guides. At the moment, [...]
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In order to simplify the NetbookCD install process, we need some way to patch the dvd *after* it’s been loaded up. There are a few different ways to do this, however the easiest way is to use a feature built directly into the kernel, XNU.
It turns out that if the RAMDisk [...]
Meklort and I worked on the project again last night and things are shaping up quite well. The NetbookBootMaker is now reverting back to the DellEFI method of caching kext for the installation. We ran into too many issues with the new method… like Kernel Panic and missing Quartz Extreme.
What is left to do before [...]
The popular open-source Sugar Learning Platform, a Linux based OS that was developed for the OLPC project, is now available to run from a 1GB USB flash drive.
Sugar Labs has announced that the rather splendidly monikered Sugar on a Stick v1 Strawberry is immediately available, and can be used to reboot any PC or netbook [...]
