1 # Portable Linux - the bootable Linux creator
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8 Portable Linux is a tool that lets you create bootable USB and
9 removable drives using popular Live CDs based on Casper. Portable
10 Linux sports some unique features:
12 1. The live setups created by this program let you use the remaining
13 disk space on your USB dri ve to store and transport files between
16 2. What's more, if your distribution supports persistence, the files
17 and settings you edit on your live Linux distribution are persisted
20 3. Finally, you can access the area used to store your files just fine
21 from within your Linux distribution.
23 So you can create your live Linux distro, install a couple of codecs
24 and applications on it, and you've got a complete multimedia center on
27 Supported distributions at the moment include all the Ubuntu variants.
29 It is free software distributed under the GPL version 3, and it uses
30 the powerful Parted partitioning software.
32 You can find the latest news and versions of this software at:
33 http://rudd-o.com/new-projects/portablelinux
37 Portable Linux requires the following to run:
40 - The GTK+ bindings for Python
41 - The libglade bindings for Python
42 - sfdisk from the util-linux-ng package
43 - Administrative privileges (root access) on the machine you're
46 Additionally, you must have at least one compatible (Casper-based) ISO
47 image. All the *buntu live CDs are compatible.
51 Sure, Portable Linux needs all the help you can muster! Its Web site
52 is completely open for contribution.
54 * If you find a bug, please file it using the bug tracker.
56 * If you have patches to contribute, please file a bug too (since
57 we're using Git, chances are we'll be able to pull and push code
58 right from the start).
60 * This project needs a logo and an icon. If you're an artist, you're
63 * If you have knowledge of gettext translations, check the code out
66 * In fact, if you have any idea that you'd like to share with us, do
67 so as well. Add your proposal to our Proposals section!