For the love of god can someone do this

[gmwest5]

i am trying to understand what you are saying, are you saying that you wold want us to try to implement something in to the distro that not only looks like xp but also has windows apps or are you describing something else.

im sorry about are forum and are website, i mean are website is down at the moment, but we haven't had time to update on a lot of items as we have been busy creating the distro.

i cant remember everything we have in Barnix/DebXPde but i will try to give you as much info as possible -

Barnix / DebXPde 0.4 -
Based on Knoppix 3.4 (Latest Release)
XPde 0.5.2 (Version Only Published to us)
KDE 3.2.2
Debian OpenOffice.org 1.1.1-2 (i think)(it is newer and faster than the one on knoppix and is also completely in english)
Mozilla Firefox 0.8 - with Flash Plugin and will be adding Java Plugin.
we then have lots of brilliant networking tools i will list a few as there too many -

Ethereal
Nmap/FE
MacChanger
Ipcalc
ettercap

we will eventually make a more comprehensive list of what is in there and do some more documentation, i hope Arkaine23 can help us with the hosting as we would appreciate it, and then anybody who is interested could download it and then tellus there toughts.

Thanks,

Michael West
Barnix / DebXPde Developer
Westnold Developments

[arkaine23]

You have mail

[gmwest5]

hey Arkaine23 where have you sent my email then my email address is [email protected]

and i havent got any email

[arkaine23]

hey Arkaine23 where have you sent my email then my email address is [email protected]

and i havent got any email

Perhaps its being spam blocked? I'm sending from an excite.com address. It sends fine (have sent you 3 messages).

[gmwest5]

Arkaine23,

have received you email i will upload a iso as soon as i get a chance thanks for giving us the space.

Michael West
BARNIX/DebXPde Developer
Westnold Developments

[gmwest5]

Our Website is now backup, thanks to arkaine23,

http://www.westnold-developments.uk.tt

and hopefully we will have an ISO up on the Site within the next couple of days.

you can login into the forum from this page or goto http://www.barnix-forum.cjb.net

Michael West
BARNIX / DebXPde Developer
Westnold Developments

[Vintage Season]

i am trying to understand what you are saying, are you saying that you wold want us to try to implement something in to the distro that not only looks like xp but also has windows apps or are you describing something else.

What I am requesting is a simple way to add true Win32 apps to the ISO, and maintain the WINE config file with those apps. The reason for this is simple; there are a number of small, specialized programs designed for a Win32 environment, for which I have found no satisfactory Linux-based replacement (i.e., Exact Audio Copy or VirtualDub), but which are known to run successfully under WINE.

- M.

[gmwest5]

i can now see where you are coming from, but these sort of modifications would be maybe done on our distro once we have finished some other major items.

it does seem to be a good idea.

but our distro is still in Beta stages and will need a lot of work done to it b4 we start adding Win32 type applications + we would not add them if they didnt come under any type of free software licence

[Vintage Season]

... + we would not add them if they didnt come under any type of free software licence

Each of those does come under a free software license, but I do not know whether or not it would be compatible with the licensing of KNOPPIX-based systems. (For example, Exact Audio Copy is "cardware," meaning the satisfied user mails an attractive postcard to the author of the program, by way of thanks.)

That's why I would like to see a simple way for the end-user to add their own Win32/WINE programs, as a sort of modular extension to the system.

- M.

P.S.: Just stumbled on this: grow-knoppix seems to have the ability to add additional items to the ISO, but I do not yet know whether or not it is also able to handle Win32 applications and the WINE config...

[gmwest5]

ok well do let me know if it does work so then us at westnold developments can look more into it.