BinToo GNU/Linux

I'm pleased to announce the 3rd release of BinToo Distro. BinToo-2007.1 and the new installation method.

** In this release:
+ New installation method contains 4 profiles for installation:
1-Full: which will install the Full BinToo Distro. with its all more than 2400 Packages, this is the recommended profile but note that this will take About 8 hours and requires 12GB free space on the installation drive .
2-Basic Desktop: this profile will install Gnome, KDE, and many useful applications for desktop users, this profile will take about 4 hours and requires 6GB free space on the installation drive.
3-Minimal or Server: this profile will install the basic shell system only plus some server/firewall applications, this profile will take about 1 hour and requires 3GB free space on the installation drive.
4-Custom: this will give you a list of available packages to select what you need from it, this is for advanced linux users.

+ Packages changelog: u=update, a=added, r=removed
u Kernel-2.6.18.x or gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r3
u GLibC-2.5
u GTK+-2.10
u QT-3.x,QT-4.x
u Gnome-2.16.2
u KDE-3.5.5
u OpenOffice-2.0.4
u XFCE4-3.9.x
u KOffice-1.6
u FireFox-2.0
a ekiga
a SeaMonkey
a Tapioca
a Kicad,Qcad
a Sauerbraten
a Lazarus, MySQL-GUI-tools, MonoDevelop
a Comix, F-Spot
a KBFX, Slab-menu
a audacious, gnomebaker, lmms, hydrogen
r xmms

** Installation Methods:
this release is available in 2 forms:
1- DVD: get the bintoo-2007.1-dvd.iso then burn it and boot with it then follow the instructions.
2- HDD: get the bintoo-2007.1-installCD.iso and burn it then download bintoo-2007.1-dvd.iso and put it on the root of any partition with these formats "ntfs,ext3/4,reiser3" then boot with the CD and follow the instructions.
NOTE: you can't put the dvd iso on a fat32 partition because the FAT can't create file with size larger than 2GB you will need NTFS/EXT3/EXT4 file system to hold the dvd iso file.

** Downloading:
Bittorrent: from http://linuxtracker.org InstallCD InstallDVD
http/ftp: from:
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/bintoo/ InstallCD InstallDVD
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/bintoo InstallCD InstallDVD
PLZ,PLZ,PLZ seed a while after download completion.
** Notes on the Installation:
1- If you didn't choose Full installation profile and you don't have DVD then you may need the bintoo-2007.1-dvd.iso file in the future to install some packages, to know how see below .
2- To install additional binary packages from the bintoo-2007.1-dvd.iso follow these steps:
run as root sure,
# mount -o loop /path/to/bintoo-2007.1-dvd.iso /mnt/anyfolder
# mount --bind /mnt/anyfolder/packages /usr/portage/packages
# emerge -auK PackageName
3- To install additional packages from burned bintoo DVD then insert the DVD and do these steps:
# mount /mnt/cdrom
# mount --bind /mnt/cdrom/packages /usr/portage/packages
# emerge -auK PackageName

** Installing Proprietary Software:
I did my best to not include any Proprietary software in this release, so you may need to install java, netscape-flash, realplayer, nvidia-drivers, nvidia-legacy-drivers, ati-drivers ...etc.

To install these software just run "emerge package", to know more about available packages visit http://packages.gentoo.org or http://gentoo-portage.com.

** Known Issuse
1- If you are a KDE user then you may need to know that konqueror won't mount CDs/DVDs due to an error in HAL configuration and there're 2 solutions:
- create a desktop entry/launcher/"shortcut" on your desktop that runs this command
# mount /mnt/cdrom; konqueror media:/ #
without the # signs :) and run it every time you want to mount CD/DVD
- or just press ALT+F2 and type "mount /mnt/cdrom" then use konqueror to navigate to your CD/DVD contents.

** Help Needed:
As you may know, i'm doing all that stuff alone if you are interested in this project you may contact me <mohamedhagag1981 at gmail dot com> or you may want to say thanks by donating some $$$ or your old PC if so Please send me an email.
I still need help in:
1- BinToo web site.
2- Installation script or using Gentoo Installer or Anaconda.
3- Package Selection and maintenance .
4- Building and hosting GRPs Repository .
5- Supporting other Platforms like AMD64 .
6- Testing on wide range of hardware .