Hi, Thought I ought to share my correspondence with your member James Mills re. the difference between CruxEX and CRUX - see below. It might have common interest. 140109 /exton ###################################################################### Well, you can of course do that (and be happy) but it is time consuming. CruxEX is a "full" Linux (CRUX) system with X etc. As I said before you can install CruxEX in five minutes to a USB stick or to your hard drive. Best regards Arne From: James Mills [mailto:prologic@shortcircuit.net.au] Sent: den 9 januari 2014 10:05 To: C A Exton Subject: Re: CruxEX 2014 (CRUX 3.0) Live USB with LXDE and kernel 3.12.6! How is this any different than me installing stock CRUX on a USB stick with a custom kernel with "extras everything"? :) Just asking! cheers James PS: I'm not lazy! On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 6:11 PM, C A Exton < <mailto:info@exton.net> info@exton.net> wrote: Thanks. Well, CruxEX is targeted towards the same Linux users who like CRUX. I.e. people with some Linux experience, who are not too lazy. Also people who would like to test a CRUX system "live" before a hard drive installation. You can run CruxEX from a USB stick with persistence. All system changes (including new program installations) will be saved on the stick. If you later on decide to install CruxEX to hard drive all changes will follow. A hard drive installation takes about five minutes! So perhaps CruxEX is for some lazy people after all! I'm on "vacation" right now. The number of exton distributions has decreased from 66 (all time high in June 2011) to 13. See a <http://linux.exton.net/content/download> complete LIST. It was a bit too much for me to keep 66 distributions up to date. All exton distributions on the Swedish Linux Society's FTP Server can be reached <ftp://ftp.svenskalinuxforeningen.se/distributions/exton/> HERE. All exton distributions in English (English locale) can also be dowloaded from <http://linux.exton.net/content/download> SourceForge.net. Looking after 13 distributions feels just right for me at the moment. I have no difficulty to keep them updated as you can see. I have been doing this for many years now so I have my own methods. I do everything alone. Of course I use some scripts, but not really any "automated tools". Best regards C A Exton From: <mailto:crux-bounces@lists.crux.nu> crux-bounces@lists.crux.nu [mailto: <mailto:crux-bounces@lists.crux.nu> crux-bounces@lists.crux.nu] On Behalf Of James Mills Sent: den 8 januari 2014 21:08 To: <mailto:crux@lists.crux.nu> crux@lists.crux.nu Subject: Re: CruxEX 2014 (CRUX 3.0) Live USB with LXDE and kernel 3.12.6! Nice work. Who is this targeted towards? I notice you do this for many other distros as well? Do you have a team doing this or a bunch of automated tools? Cheers James On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:31 AM, C A Exton < <mailto:info@exton.net> info@exton.net> wrote: I've made a new version of CruxEX Live. ABOUT CruxEX 3.0 2014 64bit Linux Live USB is based on <http://crux.nu/> CRUX 3.0 (latest version, released 130119). CruxEX 3.0 2014 uses the <http://lxde.org/> LXDE Desktop environment. I have replaced the original CRUX kernel with "my" special kernel 3.12.6-x86_64-exton, with support for "extra everything". KERNEL etc Kernel 3.12.6 is the latest available stable kernel as of 140108. Among all installed and updated applications are Firefox 26.0, Gimp 2.8.10 and <http://wicd.sourceforge.net/> Wicd. Furthermore compilation tools so that you can install programs from source. INSTALL CruxEX is very easy to install to hard drive and/or a USB pen drive. Takes about 5 min. <http://cruxex.exton.net/install-harddisk/index.html> http://cruxex.exton.net/install-harddisk/index.html <http://cruxex.exton.net/cruxex-3.0-pen-drive/> http://cruxex.exton.net/cruxex-3.0-pen-drive/ READ MORE: <http://cruxex.exton.net> http://cruxex.exton.net 140108 /C A Exton Connect With Me <http://twitter.com/linuxexton> Twitter <https://www.facebook.com/extonlinux> Facebook <http://linux.exton.net/> LINUX.EXTON.NET | Linux Live Systems <http://www.extix.se/> ExTiX 14 64bit > version 131223 based on <http://ubuntu.com/> Ubuntu 13.10 with Gnome 3.10 and kernel 3.12.0-7-exton <http://lfa.exton.net/> LFA (Linux For All) 13.10 64bit > version 131120 based on <http://ubuntu.com/> Ubuntu 13.10 with five Desktop environments <http://defender.exton.net/> Exton|Defender Linux Super Rescue System > version 131203, 130728 and 130726 - 64bit - based on <http://www.slackware.com/> Slackware 14.1 with Xfce 4.10 and on <http://fedoraproject.org/> Fedora 19 with Mate 1.6.1 and Cinnamon 1.9.1 <http://multibootcd.exton.net/> EXTON MultiBootCD 6-OS 32bit > version 131115 with six (6) different mini Linux Systems <http://cruxex.exton.net/> CruxEX 3.0 64bit 2013 Linux Live USB > version 131008 based on <http://crux.nu/> CRUX 3.0 with LXDE and kernel 3.11.4-x86_64-exton <http://slackex.exton.net/> SlackEX 14.1 64bit > version 131111 based on <http://www.extix.se/> <http://www.slackware.com/> Slackware 14.1 with KDE 4.10.5 and kernel 3.11.4-x86_64-exton <http://exlight.exton.net/> ExLight Live DVD 64bit > version 140104 based on <http://ubuntu.com/> Ubuntu 14.04 with Mate 1.6.0 and kernel 3.12.0-7-exton <http://archex.exton.net/> ArchEX 2013 Dual 64bit/32bit Live DVD > version 131206 based on <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page> Arch Linux with kernel 3.12.3-1-ARCH and <http://lxde.org/> LXDE <http://exgent.exton.net/> exGENT 64bit Linux Live CD > version 131129 based on <http://www.gentoo.org/> Gentoo with LXDE and genkernel 3.12.1-gentoo-exton <http://mex.exton.net/> MeX Linux 64bit > version 131127 based on <http://ubuntu.com/> Ubuntu 13.10 with KDE 4.11.3, Gnome 3.8.4, Razor-qt and kernel 3.12.0-3-exton <http://puppex.exton.net/> PuppEX 14.1 32bit Linux Live CD > version 131212 based on <http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy53> Puppy Linux Slacko 5.6 with <http://lxde.org/> LXDE and kernel 3.10.5 <http://opsus.exton.net/> EXTON OpSuS 13.1 64bit Linux live USB > version 131124 based on <http://www.opensuse.org/en/> openSUSE 13.1 with KDE 4.11.3 <http://debex.exton.net/> DebEX Barebone 64bit Live DVD > version 131221 based on <http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/> Debian Jessie with <http://lxde.org/> LXDE and kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64. _____________________________________________ CRUX mailing list <mailto:CRUX@lists.crux.nu> CRUX@lists.crux.nu <http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux> http://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux