Is there something like a development liveCD/USB linux distro? You know, one with GCC, emacs, vim and stuff installed. I dont have a HD i can spare right now and all my compilers are shit. I tried to find one but had no luck.
I would really need one but i dont know where to look.
>>1
If you want to do development you'll need to store your work somewhere, or are you seriously going to write it all to a RAM drive only to be erased on reboot?
>>2
Id rather have my face eaten of by maggots, then go to imageboards. >>3
Good point, never really looked at it like that.
But it really need some help, i cant compile shit for linux, and i spent days trying to figure out how to get a working build for my crap.
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Anonymous2010-07-17 15:19
Try MinGW. It's free (as in freedom).
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Anonymous2010-07-17 15:29
>>6
Tried it, didnt work. >>4
I only have ~1.9 GB disk space for installation available, and the minimal install CD requires a working internet connection and i have a problematic Wifi card so i dont know if it will work.
Never tried gentoo, im more of a slacker is it worth some trouble?
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Anonymous2010-07-17 15:31
>>3 this is 2010 penndriver today can be used to store userdata permanently
>>12
That would be nice of you, but a liveUSB linux with gcc would preferable. >>13
Tried it too without success.
As >>7 guessed it i am a windows user, but i have a minimalist USB linux distro and slackware in colinux installed, so i can use linux functions to a certain degree, i just cant compile my shit. As also said i only have ~1.9GB at my disposal so i cant do too much.
I wouldnt be asking on /prog/ if this wasnt the last straw.
>>7
If you can't get MinGW to work, how can you hope to get a liveCD to work? It implies changing bios settings and selecting options - expert stuff, believe me.
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Anonymous2010-07-17 18:26
>>20
I dont have a CD drive, but i often used liveUSB systems.
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Anonymous2010-07-18 3:16
I use this one 50 MB linux distro called DSL - Damn Small Linux. It comes with a lot of pre installed shit like Vim, Apache, and it comes with a database to extend it all, so you can add extra programming languages like python.
Frankly, that makes Macs sound LESS secure to me because any software that needs to do ANY work outside its own address space will need root, at which point it can piss all over your system.
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Anonymous2010-07-19 4:21
Pretty much any Linux distro these days has (somewhere) a decent Live CD with GCC + autotools + vim. Emacs is a little less common. The reason Live CDs like this are common is to make it easy for developers to build packages for distros that they don't use.
For developer friendly distros, I'd go for Arch or Gentoo. Gentoo has a tradition of good Live CDs, but Arch is better supported in general these days (speaking as someone who uses both) and Arch will waste less of your time if you ever want to install it. Unlike most other distros, a fresh install of Arch or Gentoo includes GCC, autotools, and headers are bundled with all the libraries you install. (This doesn't mean all live CDs have GCC, though.)
Last time I checked, 8 GB flash drives cost under $20 each and most computers can boot from 'em with no hassle, and I run desktops with 8 GB root partitions all the time (I don't like Gnome or KDE, which is why it works, and don't try to upgrade Ubuntu in place if you do this). For $40 you could get an 80 GB USB rotational HD and put like ten different distros on it and never have sex with anyone ever.
>>28
The downfall of your reasoning is the part where you assume that I give a fuck about some presumptuous anusbeard's opinion.
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Anonymous2010-07-19 16:51
OP here:
Gentoo live is 2.6GB and that is just too much.
I found a GNUstep live distro, it has gcc and friends on it, but its quite a pain in the ass to work with, so i will keep looking.
I havent looked into arch and debian yet, but i will.