XEphem 3.7.7 live CD?
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Live CD for what kind of Linux? It's one of the problems with
diversity. I'm on a 64-bit ARM machine, last it was a 32-bit ARM (Raspberry Pi), I have no use for an Intel/AMD Linux disk. But images that can be put on bootable USB devices are also options these days, copy them with dd or one of a few GUI tools. USB memory stick or just an SD card in a USB reader. A $35 Raspberry Pi runs XEphem just fine. You could even rig up a battery and have it beside your telescope. But where to get one, no idea. If I were teaching a college astronomy class I might make such a thing to hand out to my students. It takes some somewhat specialized Linux knowledge to create a live CD, I've never had a reason to try. -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Cities are cages built to contain excess people and keep them from cluttering up nature. Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach |
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Hmm, I'll try to look it up but I think you just put the key in (so it's mounted) and install Linux to it.? Then unmount and try booting from it. There's no point in installing Xephem until you get the Linux booting.? But Linux is much more forgiving than Windows about being moved around. Copying the files onto the medium isn't quite the same as installing onto it.? Debian I know has an image that's specifically for making a live CD (or usb stick).? It comes as an ISO file.? Once you get that booting you can add more stuff into it (on USB stick).? Then clone the USB stick as many times as you want.? Or use a CD burning program that will make an ISO file which you can maybe put on CD or DVD. On Dec 4, 2019 3:10 AM, <maxime.gommeaux@...> wrote: Hi, |
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See I'm not a Ubuntu fan but they probably have something similar.? Working on a USB stick means you can add stuff to it easily, set defaults, etc. But getting that back into a form you can write to a DVD and have it boot I don't know about.? Piclone on a Raspberry Pi is good for cloning but it won't work on Intel stuff.? Look at Clonezilla also. On Dec 4, 2019 7:28 AM, "ab1jx via Groups.Io" <alan01346=[email protected]> wrote:
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I've used Rufus and "Win32 Disk Imager" (such a catchy name I couldn't remember it). Or clonezilla: Or if you look for cheap USB sticks they start around $2 now Most everything in the Windows world is oriented around profit and selliing, in the Linux world most things are free. You could possibly even make do with a $10 Raspberry Pi ZeroW computer but it's on the slow side. OTOH Xephem was written when all computers were slow by today's standards so it's quite efficient. On 12/4/19, ab1jx via Groups.Io <alan01346@...> wrote:
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OK, good luck.? I assume the current XEphem will be the final one, so it's worth building in the extra star catalogs. I wonder if it could be compiled to run on an Android phone or tablet? It would certainly fit on a small SD card, I mostly don't know about the tiny user interface.? Android uses a Linux kernel. On Dec 5, 2019 4:04 AM, <maxime.gommeaux@...> wrote: Hi ab1jx, |
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I'd say minimal like fvwm.? I was trying to remember if it needed X at all until I remembered it uses Motif as a widget set. Wikipedia: Homepage: Not sure if you're making a CD or DVD but on the download page there are 3 tarballs intended originally for CDs.? The last 2 contain extra stars beyond minimal.? There's a readme in there somewhere that tells how to install them.? When it's working right it's hard to run out of stars even with a lot of zooming.? I think it's been dropped from Debian debs and you'll probably need to build from sources.? Not hard to do but it wants xprint I think, I haven't done it in a year or so. Hey guys, I'm the maintainer for xephem on openSUSE, I guess I could spin up a live CD based on openSUSE Leap 15.1 on short notice. What Desktop Environment would be preferred? The available options: KDE Plasma 5 GNOME XCFE cheers MH Am 2019-12-05 10:29, schrieb ab1jx: OK, good luck.? I assume the current XEphem will be the final one, so -- Mathias Homann Senior Systems Engineer, IT Consultant, IT Trainer Mathias.Homann@... LinkedIn: gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 f4dd 7776 e7d2 c042 6b8e 029e 13f2 c102 |
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I don't use Windows, just little ARM machines like the Raspberry Pi.? Which runs XEphem fine, haven't tried it on a Zero.? It was written back in 386 and 486 days, I think there's some Fortran in there, pretty efficient. On Dec 5, 2019 7:50 AM, "Mathias Homann" <Mathias.Homann@...> wrote:
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