Backpack 0.3 Beta review
DownloadBackpack Programmer's LiveCD linux distribution is a live-cd designed with two things in mind
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Backpack Programmer's LiveCD linux distribution is a live-cd designed with two things in mind. The first focus is on programmers. You are able to not only compile applications, but also to debug with tools like xxgdb.
In addition to this, you will find that the help files are intact. They are of infinite use while working.
The second focus is on the appearance. Let's face it -- programmers are power-users who like to show off at some point! You'll find plenty of applications to browse the web, chat, or just listen to music with.
You know your Windows friends will be envious when you whip out a copy of XScreensaver. At least once they find out all of those 3D animations come standard.
Here are some key features of "Backpack":
Slackware 10.2 - Base operating system
2.6.10 kernel from Slackware testing area
Dropline Gnome 2.12 - Upgrades and provides additional functionality for Gnome
Modified linux-live scripts - Used to simplify the compilation of this live-cd
Menu-driven lauch of Apache, and SSH servers [and firewall modifications for them]
Games like SuperTux, Pingus, and Nethack to take your mind off of programming for a while
Package list:
a52dec-0.7.4-i686-3dl
aaa_base-10.2.0-noarch-2
aaa_elflibs-10.2.0-i486-3
aalib-1.4rc5-i386-1
abiword-2.4.1-i686-2dl
acpid-1.0.4-i486-2
alsa-driver-1.0.8_2.4.29-i486-1
alsa-lib-1.0.9-i486-1
alsa-oss-1.0.9-i486-1
alsa-utils-1.0.9a-i486-2
anjuta-2005-09-09-15-i686-1daga
apache-1.3.33-i486-1
apmd-3.0.2-i386-1
aspell-0.60.2-i486-1
aspell-en-6.0_0-noarch-3
at-3.1.8-i486-2
atk-1.10.3-i686-1dl
at-spi-1.6.6-i686-1dl
audiofile-0.2.6-i486-1
autoconf-2.59-noarch-1
autofs-3.1.7-i386-1
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automake-1.9.5-noarch-1
bash-3.0-i486-3
bc-1.06-i386-2
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bluefish-1.0.4-i686-2dl
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bsd-games-2.13-i386-6
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byacc-1.9-i386-1
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cairo-1.0.0-i686-1dl
ccache-2.4-i486-1
cdparanoia-IIIalpha9.8-i386-1
cdrtools-2.01-i486-1
clisp-2.35-i486-1
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coreutils-5.2.1-i486-1
cowbell-0.2.4-i686-1dl
cpio-2.5-i386-1
cracklib-2.8.3-i686-2dl
cscope-15.5-i486-2
cups-1.1.23-i486-1
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dia-0.94-i686-4dl
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raidtools-1.00.3-i386-1
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xaw3d-1.5-i386-3
xchat-2.4.5-i686-2dl
xfsprogs-2.6.13-i486-1
xgames-0.2-i386-1
ximian-artwork-0.2.48-noarch-3dl
xine-lib-1.1.0-i686-2dl
xmms-1.2.10-i486-3
xpaint-2.7.0-i486-1
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xv-3.10a-i486-4
xvim-6.3.086-i486-1
xxgdb-1.12-i386-1
yelp-2.12.1-i686-1dl
zenity-2.12.1-i686-1dl
zlib-1.2.3-i486-1
What's New in This Release:
Installed clean installation of Slackware 10.2
Installed dropline Gnome 2.12.1
Used most of the custom scripts from the previous release
Added auto-mounting support for partitions
Added a more comprehensive set of boot scripts
Used a customized version of the linux-live scripts to make the CD
Removed Java runtime and KDE support (sorry, needed the space)
Optimized the boot process
Added some code samples and browser bookmarks for programmers
Lots of little things
Backpack 0.3 Beta search tags