Comments re: An Early Look at Ubuntu Hoary

 Hi Ladislav!
   
 Another great article about Ubuntu - thank you. :) One minor correction for
 you:
   
   "We have already mentioned the Ubuntu live CDs, which represent another
   interesting aspect of this distribution. These live CDs are now built by
   the maintainers of Gnoppix, a project that was originally an attempt to
   develop a Knoppix-like distribution for GNOME users."
   
 It turns out that the reverse is true: Gnoppix is now based on Ubuntu.
   
 Our new LiveCD infrastructure uses 'Casper', a fully cross-platform LiveCD
 bootstrap system that runs on top of Ubuntu's standard installer code, and
 exactly the same kernel as installed Ubuntu systems. To do this, we've
 swapped out some of the common, ugly LiveCD kernel extensions and used
 better technologies in the standard Linux kernel, such as the devicemapper
 copy-on-write overlay.
   
 These features, in addition to much needed documentation, have granted
 third parties much greater ability to make minor modifications or entirely
 new LiveCDs. Gnoppix is now an Ubuntu derivative, Kubuntu will soon be
 producing installer and LiveCDs, and there are plans afoot in the GNOME
 Project to use a 'debranded' and customised Ubuntu LiveCD as a GNOME
 marketing tool.
   
 All this talk about LiveCDs papers over one important issue - Casper can be
 used to create any kind of bootable media... DVD, USB, firewire,
 holographic storage... Well, ok, so that one's still "coming soon". ;-)
   
 Thanks,
   
 - Jeff
 
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