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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It is here, whew...
http://torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha.iso

On 08/29/2014 06:22 PM, Israel wrote:
> Hi Nio,
> thanks!!
> Ok... about 3 hours from now the ISO should be uploaded :)
> Rox now works... there is autologin and startx as well as...
> ISO being now 579.9 MB plenty small for CD :) whew...
> Yes there are issues, please document them :)
> Also,
> Nio... which file is run for OBI?
> I haven't tested the OBI part of the installer on the ISO it *should*
> work as I simply cannibalized your script for that part :)  But... I do
> not have icons on the desktop by default.. so I'd like to add a menu
> item for it and make a 'Live-CD' version of the menu when it is all
> really ready for Beta :)
>
> again, it *should* be about 3 hours and it should be at:
>
> torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha.iso
>
> Thanks everyone!!
>
>
> On 08/29/2014 04:19 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> Great to read that we are getting close to the ToriOS alpha iso :-)
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> Den 2014-08-29 21:03, Israel skrev:
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> I am uploading the ISO to
>>> torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha.iso
>>> It will be a while before it is up... does anyone know much about making
>>> torrents?
>>> If so help by making us a torrent.  If there is something that needs
>>> uploaded to our site, send it my way.
>>>
>>> Release Notes:
>>> This is alpha, so expect issues :)
>>>
>>> -there is no plymouth screen in the live version
>>> -the image is almost 700MB (681.6MB) so it *may* not fit on a CD... the
>>> reason it is so big, is we are using OBI, which requires an entire
>>> imaged HD.... plus this is the first version, so there is still some
>>> fine tuning to be done :)
>>> To install to an actual HD you will need to do it from the first screen,
>>> rather than booting into the live environment... but the live
>>> environment is pretty much the same as the installed environment.  *IF*
>>> you install it, it should be pretty stable and solid.  The main issues
>>> are the nice things we expect to 'just work' or be 'easy to find'
>>> But since this is alpha, they are not done.
>>>
>>> I have a script that will build everything automatically... but you need
>>> a tarball for it to work right.  I will upload it to lp when I clean
>>> everything up a bit, and fix the last few issues that are somewhat nagging.
>>>
>>> This script is ONLY for OBI, not ubiquity.  Jorn has a great ubiquity
>>> script (which I borrowed a little bit from).  My script is mainly from:
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
>>> but I also use parts of Nio/Will Haley OBI script to build the OBI portions.
>>>
>>> I'll upload everything to some branch somewhere :)
>>>
>>> Oh... I edited Rafael's image slightly as I wanted a bit of texture in
>>> the image... it was a bit too slick looking for me... I just made it
>>> slightly easier to stare at for long periods of time, nothing major at all.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/29/2014 09:51 AM, Israel wrote:
>>>> Hi Ali!
>>>> Sounds good, I am working on trimming down the size and fixing the last
>>>> little issues before it is ready to be tested.  This is pretty exciting :)
>>>> I am doing a complete re-run of the script so if everything goes as
>>>> planned I will upload the script somewhere as well with all the needed
>>>> files and we can go from there...  I may have to edit a few things to
>>>> make a nice INSTALL option in the menu... but for right now some of
>>>> these issues are not as important as having a working Live ISO, as the
>>>> text based installer will work, and it is a fairly minor issue to add a
>>>> menu item :)
>>>>
>>>> On 08/29/2014 09:00 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> This super quick email. We need to talk. Will do my best if not today then tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> Sent from my smartphone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>> I just thought I'd update you all on the progress of the image.
>>>>>> I have a working ISO!
>>>>>> I also have a working script that builds everything automatically.  I
>>>>>> modified Nio's OBI script as well as using some things from the LiveCD
>>>>> >from scratch web page.
>>>>>> There are a few minor things (to me... but not to an average tester) I
>>>>>> need to take care of, but I should have an image up on the site later...
>>>>>> basically I need to make the menu installed in the live image.  Yes...
>>>>>> there is a Live environmnet for ToriOS.
>>>>>> The image is 729.8MB, and uses the OBI installer  I may end up tweaking
>>>>>> things a bit to trim down the size.. so it will safely fit on standard
>>>>>> CDs... but as this is an alpha I am not terribly concerned about the
>>>>>> size of the first iteration.
>>>>>> It is based on 12.04.
>>>>>> I will try to set a background and things like that and rebuild the ISO
>>>>>> part later, but it is basically ready to go :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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