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