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Purpose-Built Porteus

Posted: 04 Oct 2015, 19:55
by tmoulder99
Hi devs!

It's been a while, but I wanted to put out an interesting idea for you. Over at Quirky Puppy, Barry Kauler released a new version that was very intriguing - a purpose built Puppy that was pre-installed with everything nescessary for Android app development, from beginner to expert.

This struck me as a brilliant idea. It also struck me that I have no idea how to install Quirky Puppy, since it's quite complicated to do so :crazy:

Anyway, with your online build system, it got me wondering about options to build various flavors of porteus, not around a given desktop nescessarily, but around a given task.

A few ideas off the top of my head:

1. Android Development
2. Java Development
3. Gaming (Steam)
4. Gaming (emulator, modern / legacy)
5. Security testing 8)
6. Secure Browser

I'm sure you could get many more.

All of these (or most) would be possible as things currently sit, with the right modules. I just thought the idea was interesting enough to mention.

Thanks!

TM

Re: Purpose-Built Porteus

Posted: 04 Oct 2015, 20:17
by Bogomips
Looking at all this preoccupation with security in other topics at the moment, I dare say a Porteus offering cast iron security for the paranoid would go down quite well. 8)

Re: Purpose-Built Porteus

Posted: 06 Oct 2015, 01:04
by brokenman
I thought about a secure porteus but tails has it covered.

Re: Purpose-Built Porteus

Posted: 06 Oct 2015, 01:19
by Bogomips
brokenman wrote:I thought about a secure porteus but tails has it covered.
Forgetting just one thing, crucial for the paranoid, not to end up as a person of interest. :wink: