penk: 8月 2008

Using the casper/squashfs method comes with long USB device initial time at boot, although it has wide range of spaces. The uncompress time is a bit slow too.

But packed all things into initramfs results in bad loading time, and it's not quite functional.

However, I would like to try a hybrid method in the next release of xPUD, and I just draw a diagram:

Hopefully this can get the advantage on both side, and I'll make some experiments of pivot_root / switch_root this week. :-)

2008年8月11日星期一

xPUD 0.8 - New Milestone

Download: xpud-0.8.zip (31MB)

We're glad to release a development version of xPUD. In fact this is a "lite" edition compare to the "standard" LiveUSB structure, but it contains many interesting features and reaches new milestone so we decided to make it 0.8. :-)

System

31MB, 7 Seconds
Including mplayer, firefox and plate UI, the whole system is packed into a single image without apt/dpkg. By this approach, both system size and boot time can be dramatically reduced.
XEmbed and Screen resolution
Xvesa now support 1024x600 screen resolution, it looks good on EeePC. As you may see in the screenshot, plate UI now embedded application directly inside the web, it results in better integration and desktop usability.
USB 2.0 and Filesystem
Because we eliminated most of the kernel modules, the USB support and some common filesystem including fat/vfat, ext2/ext3 and ntfs are built-in. So it's handy to use removable device.

Utility

xpud-0.8-mod.tgz
This is the complete modules set that can be put on USB flash drive and use after booting. Just use udev to load modules: tar zxf xpud-0.8-mod.tgz -C /lib/modules; depmod -a; udevd --daemon ; udevadm trigger
xpud-0.8-rootfs.gz
You can customize xPUD with your own kernel by using this root filesystem.
build-livecd-xpud
If you would like to build standard version of xPUD and make further customization, check out this build script with subversion.
xpud-0.8.iso
Use this iso image instead if your machine doesn't support boot from USB.
xpud-qemu.rar
If you would like to test or demo xPUD on Windows, here's a portable QEMU package.

Developer

We got two new developers, Steven Chou will work on integrate plate with Web Widget/Gadget. Lawrence Wong Will take care of underlying javascript code refactoring, so I can keep on system building. Thank you guys! :-)

Feedback welcome!

2008年8月10日星期日

本日書籤 08/10/2008

LXDE 的舊金山之旅，參加 LinuxWorld Expo 2008

http://fred-zone.blogspot.com/2008/08/lxde-linuxworld-expo-2008.html

研究 iPhone 備份資料，以及用 Mac 的程式庫寫 Windows 命令列工具

http://lukhnos.org/blog/zh/archives/607

作網站為何要從部落客當起？

http://blog.xdite.net/?p=633

PHP 4.4.9 - PHP4 最後一個版本

http://blog.gslin.org/archives/2008/08/09/1591/

在LinuxWorld大會批鬥Web 2.0

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/software/0,2000085678,20121726,00.htm

Linux的大好消息：LinuxWorld遜斃了

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/software/0,2000085678,20131029,00.htm

「綿羊牆」到Defcon駭客大會發功

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/comm/0,2000085675,20131054,00.htm

無線網路訊號與頻譜分析儀

http://0rz.tw/944Dh

Atheros IEEE 802.11n ath9k driver

http://0rz.tw/934AS

我們的 LXDE 計畫，順利到舊金山 LinuxWorld 參展

http://pcman.sayya.org/blog_read.php?id=pcman&article=55

twits of the day.

http://fred.ipod.to/blog/?post;1629

谷歌與開源組織合作在Linux整合大量迷你軟件

http://freesf.tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3576

Qt Port of Mozilla and Firefox 3

http://osnews.com/story/20160/Qt_Port_of_Mozilla_and_Firefox_3

Resolution Independence Coming to GTK+

http://osnews.com/story/20161/Resolution_Independence_Coming_to_GTK_

Mozilla reveals the Firefox of the future?

http://osdir.com/Article10131.phtml

2.6.27-rc2, "A Lot Of Random Changes"

http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.27-rc2_A_Lot_Of_Random_Changes

Btrfs 0.16, Improved Scalability And Performance

http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Btrfs_0.16_Improved_Scalability_And_Performance

LVM Snapshot Merging

http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/LVM_Snapshot_Merging

CCC's "Freedom Stick" circumvents China's firewall, just in time for The Games

http://0rz.tw/d24Fr

Development Release: gOS 3.0 Beta "Gadgets"

http://thinkgos.com/new/gos.php

Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta "GNOME"

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05030

Development Release: Elive 1.8.2

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05032

Introducing HTML into an iframe and getting it back

http://0rz.tw/334E4

Tombs of Asciiroth: GWT, Gears, and AIR enabled RPG Game

http://0rz.tw/1b4BR

JSBridge: Powering Mozilla with Python

http://ajaxian.com/archives/jsbridge-powering-mozilla-with-python

Raphael: Simple graphics wrapper on top of SVG and VML

http://0rz.tw/0c4FP

On Fighting the Web; The invitation

http://ajaxian.com/archives/on-fighting-the-web-the-invitation

PwnageTool 2.0.2 正式推出！

http://0rz.tw/9a4DY

藍魔影音播放器T8「愛慕」發佈：32G，1公分厚

http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/08/10/ramos-imovie-pmp-32gb-3-inch-thick-219/

Lots of Rakudo fixes/enhancements

http://www.rakudo.org/2008/08/lots-of-rakudo-fixesenhancemen.html

Next: choose a kernel

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00281

Why do designers fail to adopt Perl?

http://perlbuzz.com/2008/08/why-do-designers-fail-to-adopt-perl.html

Fedora on a stick

http://www.linux.com/feature/143261

Tracing: no shortage of options

http://lwn.net/Articles/291091/

Lightweight GNOME alternative emerges

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7428727466.html?kc=rss

Easily develop and deploy web applications from subversion

http://0rz.tw/6c4CT

Gentoo 2008.0: Return to greatness?

http://www.linux.com/feature/143570

Ubuntu Mobile Edition: Review

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6511/1/

2008年8月6日星期三

本日書籤 08/06/2008

Punch Party 6 - 網站人氣 No.1 的秘密

http://blog.xdite.net/?p=617

Demomo Show 結果揭曉

http://blog.xdite.net/?p=619

全球華文不及格大獎

http://blog.xdite.net/?p=624

續：灌 feedburner 訂閱數而不會被抓包的絕招

http://blog.xdite.net/?p=629

利用 CSS 產生的隱私問題

http://blog.gslin.org/archives/2008/08/01/1588/

浪潮之巔第十章短暫的春秋——與機會失之交臂的公司（三）

http://googlechinablog.com/2008/08/blog-post.html

浪潮之巔第十章短暫的春秋——與機會失之交臂的公司（四）

http://googlechinablog.com/2008/08/blog-post_04.html

以 C 語言實做 Javascript 的 prototype 特性

http://blog.linux.org.tw/~jserv/archives/002057.html

以 C 語言模擬 Lisp/Scheme 語法

http://blog.linux.org.tw/~jserv/archives/002058.html

當感覺已麻木，告訴 Linux 說 reboot

http://blog.linux.org.tw/~jserv/archives/002060.html

Linux 驅動程式的 I/O, #4: 什麼是 Blocking I/O

http://www.jollen.org/blog/2008/08/linux_device_driver_blocking_io.html

Foxconn 主機板惡搞 Linux 事件

http://blog.ijliao.info/archives/2008/08/04/3608/

Red Hat新執行長專訪：如何看待Ubuntu（下）

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/software/0,2000085678,20130839,00.htm

微軟省思Google、蘋果的威脅

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/software/0,2000085678,20130840,00.htm

[工作] 我被合作伙伴趕出他們公司

http://blog.richliu.com/2008/08/02/602/

Blog BoF 的網路爛了。

http://0rz.tw/314yZ

感覺到我人間蒸發了嗎？

http://yurinfore.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-post.html

NetShare 讓您的 iPhone 變身成美少女戰士...阿？是山雞上網數據機啦！三八！

http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/08/02/tether-your-iphone-wirelessly-maybe/

51個在Google Maps看不到的地方

http://0rz.tw/944Av

Midori計畫浮出水面，Windows將成往事？

http://0rz.tw/ef4Bb

水！是水！終於挖到水了！

http://0rz.tw/c14zA

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 264, 04 Aug 2008

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080804

Development Release: Fedora 10 Alpha

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05025

Development Release: Linux Mint 5 RC1 "KDE"

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05026

The browser landscape; Alex's Perspective

http://ajaxian.com/archives/the-browser-landscape-alexs-perspective

Mozilla creates the concept cars of the Web

http://ajaxian.com/archives/mozilla-creates-the-concept-cars-of-the-web

鐵道搖滾

http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/012753.html

錄音室如何成為實驗室？

http://blog.roodo.com/honeypie/archives/6658873.html

An Introduction to AIR

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/introduction-air

Reviewing Linux-next

http://kerneltrap.org/node/16466

BenQ's MID Aries2 reportedly set for European launch

http://0rz.tw/fd4vu

Multiple Dispatch Design Work

http://www.rakudo.org/2008/08/multiple-dispatch-design-work.html

Fixing bugs, and looking at where we're at

http://www.rakudo.org/2008/08/fixing-bugs-and-looking-at-whe.html

Unionfs 2.4 released

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00267

faac, faad, x264, xvidcore, ffmpeg

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00270

2.6.21.7 kernel for 4.1

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00274

2.6.25.14 kernel

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00275

2.6.25.14 crash test

http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00276

Pugs now builds again from SVN.

http://pugs.blogs.com/pugs/2008/08/pugs-now-builds.html

Short notes on migrating a SVK mirror to Git.

http://pugs.blogs.com/pugs/2008/08/short-notes-on.html

Most Interesting README File

http://osnews.com/story/20134/Most_Interesting_README_File

The A-Z of Programming Languages: Python

http://osnews.com/story/20146/The_A-Z_of_Programming_Languages_Python

Build Your Own Fedora Respin

http://osnews.com/story/20147/Build_Your_Own_Fedora_Respin

Mandriva Spring 2008: the New 'Definitive' Linux?

http://osnews.com/story/20148/Mandriva_Spring_2008_the_New_Definitive_Linux_

Tutorial: How to Write a Tutorial

http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2109

Boxee: A New Competitor For MythTV?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=boxee_linux&num=1

Ultamatix may be a worthy successor to Automatix for new Ubuntu and Debian
users

http://www.linux.com/feature/143414

20 Most Nimble and Simple X Window Managers for Linux

http://www.junauza.com/2008/08/20-most-nimble-and-simple-x-window.html

Hi BIOS! My Name Is "Linux", Or Is It?

http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/08/03/hi-bios-my-name-is-linux-or-is-it.html

Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it

http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

Jim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation: Looking after Linus

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/features/111208

GTK+ Indirect Renderer

http://nanosleep.org/wiki/GTK%2B_Indirect_Renderer

Five Things Linus Torvalds Has Learned About Managing Software Projects

http://www.cio.com/article/441215/

Ajax overhaul, Part 4: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery and Ajax forms

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/wa-aj-overhaul4/

Interview: Wind River's John Bruggeman

http://lwn.net/Articles/290594/

2008年8月1日星期五

XEmbed protocol support for Plate UI

I just add XEmbed wrapper into Plate UI by using mozplugger, so from now on we can theoretically do anything inside this web-based kiosk, and embed any window we want! :-)

leafpad

xterm

By the way, the screen resolution is tweaking to 1024x600, it looks great on EeePC.

I personally would like to embed pcmanfm into the "Open" tab, but it depends. This feature will be integrated in the next release.