Kraken

Live cd, built from scratch for optimal size and speed (ricer mentality I know, but here it counts). All in all, it's running reasonable with no X server, but for all the extra fun enhancements, it looks like X needs to be loaded somehow. Feel free to add in stuff you'd like to see in a ultra-tiny but still capable live cd.

Features

kernel

• openmosix
  • 2.6.17-om1
    • builds
    • rumored unstable with openmosix
    • userland tools don't work
    • leaning towards this right now
      • it's already built to my liking
      • 2.4.27 has problems on some machines
      • i'm not going to be clustering this that much anyway
      • Waldo/Guerilla filesystem will work here just as well as 2.4
  • 2.4.27-om1
    • already compiled, meaning not as small as it could be
    • ancient
    • userland tools work
• openssi
  • 2.6.10
    • hard to find
    • working with 2.6 and openssi
    • hard to get working
      • very strange proc issues
      • lots of userland tools need to be compiled with libcluster support
      • overall, lots to deal with

basic system

• busybox
  • used for majority of tools
  • build by hand
  • has almost everything needed

ssh/scp/sshd

• dropbear
  • for ssh and friends
  • currently a static multicall binary
  • dependent on uclibc, glibc is already present due to busybox
  • doesn't support dynamic proxies
• openssh
  • it works
  • not *that* big

browser

• links
  • using version 2 for fb graphics
  • blue screens (literally) on exit
• firefox
  • bigger
  • requires X
  • more complient

windows compatibility

• qemu
  • not fully tested
  • not friendly with vga=791
• wine
  • dependent on X
  • don't need to login to the system to use the apps installed locally

window manager

• something small and quick
  • fluxbox?
  • joe's wm
  • anything else?
    • ratpoison?

misc tools

• installed
  • nc thanks to busybox
  • nmap
  • tcpdump
  • ngrep
  • ntfs-3g
• planned installed
  • scanrand
    • doesn't seem to go once started

background

• it's perfect.

Current Sizes

• Kernel(2.6): 1.4MB
• Initramfs: 9.7MB
• Memory: 24MB

Status

0.0.1b

Currently, Kraken is a 11MB live cd, working elements include:

• busybox
• 2.6.17-om (however the openmosix side of things is disabled)
• bash
• openssh
• Xvesa
• links2
• fluxbox

0.0.1b: a7ccb2456ef028a6b6f49f4f52f3648e https://the.narro.ws/~brimstone/kraken/kraken-0.0.1b.iso
Released: March 30, 2007

0.0.2b

• packages
  • firefox
  • vncviewer
  • rdesktop
• main
  • sshd
    • shared public keys
  • boot menu
    • no x
    • no network
    • packages
    • unionfs home directory usb thinger booya