Run virtual linux for USB or Dropbox with no install on OS X, PCs or Linux

[MikeLevin]

The reason I moved this thread is because you posted an announcement for a repackaged Microcore...

...that's not just a rule of this forum, but of the GPL which Microcore is licensed under. It applies because you offer your respin it to others, regardless of whether you ever posted on any of the Tinycore sub-forums.

Yeah, but perhaps I would have delayed my encountering Gerald. It's not like I'm ignoring the issue, but had I myself posted here first, I would have read the rules of this area and I may have had these GPL issues worked out better before asking for beta 1 input.

[Rich]

Hi MikeLevin
Yes, we all get it. You feel you've been wronged by gerald_clark. Now please, get over it, and let bygones be bygones.

[MikeLevin]

Hi MikeLevin
Yes, we all get it. You feel you've been wronged by gerald_clark. Now please, get over it, and let bygones be bygones.

Okay, agreed. Fresh start.

[gerald_clark]

I asked to see the source code because I was playing with the Levinux and wanted to see what changes you may have made to the old version of Core.
I simply asked where the source is because I wished to look at it.  Don't get so bent out of shape.

[Rich]

Hi MikeLevin
Thank you.

@ALL: Before this thread goes down that path, I just want to remind everyone that this forum is not to be used for
             support for respins. So please consider your subject matter before posting. MikeLevin will have to provide
             support on his own site.

[MikeLevin]

I asked to see the source code because I was playing with the Levinux and wanted to see what changes you may have made to the old version of Core.
I simply asked where the source is because I wished to look at it.  Don't get so bent out of shape.

Sorry, it didn't seem that way, Gerald. I just extracted the microcore.gz and vmlinuz files from the iso, and made a script to do one-time running of Recipe scripts pulled over on first boot, and repacked microcore.gz and dropped them into location.

This simple trick should work with any kernel file named vmlinuz and initramfs-style boot image named microcore.gz. Thinking of changing microcore.gz to initramfs.gz to make it more clear its a totally generic system.

The way it gets tied to Micro Core Linux (or just Core Linux if updated) is the nature of the recipe scripts it can run on startup to build this particular server-type or that. The bash script named Recipe.sh is very tied to the TCE repository system. Conceivably, it could be tied to any repository system. Recipes are just bash scripts edited on the VM's host.

The specialness comes not from any compiling, but just a sort of magical cocktail mix that results in a non-brittle persistent cross-host-OS VM that is particularly Dropbox friendly. I realize I have GPL issues to resolve as the beta moves forward, as I am redistributing other people's GPL binaries.

Apologies for my part in coming off like an asshole. Not my intention.

[MikeLevin]

Hi MikeLevin
Thank you.

@ALL: Before this thread goes down that path, I just want to remind everyone that this forum is not to be used for
             support for respins. So please consider your subject matter before posting. MikeLevin will have to provide
             support on his own site.

Yep, support/beta feedback forum already set up on mikelev.in/ux

Thanks, Rich.