Re: [OT] GTK+ with framebuffer distro?

[horrorvacui gmx net]

On 24 Apr 2003 15:03:38 -0700
Charles Iliya Krempeaux <tnt linux ca> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've written a GTK+ program.  But I want it to run as
> a kiosk.  And to run off of a (live) CD.  (I.e., boot
> off of, and run straight off of a CD.)
>
> What I was thinking is that, if there was a Linux
> distro, already out there, that booted from the
> CD.  And ran from the CD.  And went straight into
> the framebuffer mode and had all the proper GTK+
> stuff to make it use the frame buffer.  Then I
> could simply modify that.  And use that.

There are a couple of distros that need no installation, like Knoppix
(based on Debian) and SuSE live eval (based on... bah). I never bothered
to find out exactly what a framebuffer is (if anyone is bored enough to
explain it in couple of words...), but you can have a kind of "minimal
install" with config files on another medium (HD or floppy, I guess), so
you're not bound by the config burned on the CD. Probably you'd be able to
set it up to fit your needs.

Cheers

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