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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Sam,
Precise is supported until 2017
We can build our own kernels.  I built one with cmov support for someone
who asked about it, but then subsequently disappeared.  Debian offers a
kernel for our purposes in Jessie (linux-image-586)
I am fairly sure I can reduce the size of the tarball, and ISO OS to
reduce the size of the ISO.
However, if it gets too difficult we can simply install a basic Debian
system configured with no root password (Ubuntu does not have a root
account either) and install the rest of ToriOS via a script.
This will require more bandwidth of course and an internet connection
while installing.
We could also offer to download a tarball and install it, as Nio has
already put the code in for this task... we could modify it and point to
whatever tarballs we want, and upload those and possibly mirror them. 
The issue here would be the space on the device.

So, ultimately getting a CD sized ISO is the most preferred goal.  Not
ingringing Ubuntu's IP is absolutely nessicary and I'd consent to a DVD
size if that is the only way to avoid that.

On 01/09/2016 05:21 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Israel,
>  
> Good news. Thank you for doing this.
>  
> I hate to throw more ideas at you, but this is what this email entails.
>  
> If we are going to stick with Debian, we should focus on reducing the
> size of the ISO to fit the CD. But if Ali gets permission to use
> Ubuntu and redistribute it, we might not have to worry. Or perhaps
> like Nio has recommended, ToriOS can remain just a script. We can
> focus on making documentation for that script. But then that leaves
> the problem with 12.04 LTS being unsupported after this year (and
> April is soon).
>  
> Couldn't we support non-PAE machines with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
>  
> This thread suggests that we can build our own kernel:
> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=105200
>  
> So then, why not support Ubuntu 16.04 LTS when it comes out for ToriOS
> rather than 12.04 LTS? Otherwise we could follow Debian's stable
> release cycles (which generally takes longer).
>  
> Thoughts?
>  
> Sam
>  
> P.S. I'm going to try building the ToriOS ISO tonight, so I can start
> helping with development and the documentation of the script rather
> than the QA of the operating system. Hopefully after documenting what
> the user can do, we can get more developers involved in bug squashing.
>  
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 09, 2016 at 4:20 PM
> *From:* Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* torios <torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject:* [Torios] Debian Jessie
> Hi everyone,
> I have a Debian based ToriOS.
> So far almost everything is the same... of course it was a bit trickier
> to create the base OS (and the live OS)
> But... we can rebase easily on Debian now if we need.
> I updated the ISOmaker Scripts, and think it should work fine. I have
> not completely tested this out yet. The screenshot is a VM that I will
> be converting into the base OS tarball soon.
> It is a bit too large at this point, but if we need a DVD sized image to
> avoid legal issues I am ok with that, though I think honestly we can
> trim things down quite a bit... as this was my first test to get things
> working.
>
> Of course if the Ubuntu IP thing is worked out, we can rebuild the
> precise version (aka ToriOS '1.0')
> If not we have another candidate inline for ToriOS 1.0.
> Either way this goes, we can still move forward
>
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