Installing software on Incognito
As I start to customise incognito, it starts to get tricky because only /home persists.
For example, to connect to my Internet I need to invoke kppp and create a connection. I have to do this every time I turn on the computer. and it involves creating a modem device filling in parameters etc. Fiddly. http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29590 in order to get around this, I may be able to compare /etc before and after, notice which files have been modified, and create a script that does this on start-up. Quote:
Is it important, from a functional, security or aesthetic point of view, that only /home be persistent? I'm just wondering if anyone has customised significantly their version of incognito, and run into the same problem? Sy |
Incognito is a locked down LiveCD and isn't intended to be customized on the level you want. It aims to help out people without the kind of skills required for that. People with those skills will likely be more happy installing the distro of their choice on some media and set it up exactly the way they want to.
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I hear what you say. I would love to get to the point of expertise whereby I could construct a system such as incognito from scratch. But it looks like a long journey.
Could you offer any advice on getting started? would it make sense to examine and modify the construction of incognito? is this construction documented from a developer's perspective? also I have heard that reporters heading into China for the Olympic Games were handed ironkeys containing a live Linux Security enabled distribution. do you know if this was incognito? |
Note that once the migration of Incognito from Gentoo to Ubuntu is finished, customization likely will get easier.
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The first steps for making your own system would be to identify your requirements and what parts of Incognito you need. Quote:
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My favourite features are
1. the truecrypt /home partition, and 2. the fact that the filesystem unpacks itself at boot. I think the second is very good defence against virus. it is because of these two features that I am reluctant to start with customising my own distribution. my guess is that it would be far from trivial to get this up and running. how much work is it? I guess my ideal system would be something that: - boots into a basic desktop, just as does Incognito ( I don't know what customisations are already in place. I know Tor is. I don't know if firewalling / antivirus measures / etc(?) have been set up ) - lets me use Firefox, Skype (I know this doesn't work through tor), some Instant Messenger & X chat - loads or lets me load Virtual box, so I can run XP things safely, with the virtual box connecting to a Tor'd connection - shows all Internet activity / running processes, so it is easy to see if something anomalous is going on. I guess this is possible to do from the command line... it is close enough to the existing incognito that I'm still tempted to try and tweak it. I don't need some generic system where I can do Complicated things. Anonym - is it possible to download the pre-packed incognito? that way I could add virtual box & Skype and repack it. is Incognito a truly FOSS Endeavour? ie is it possible for Joe-public to assemble it from the ground up, and thus be sure the code is clean ( something akin to compiling your own binaries ). I'm aware I'm maybe asking too many questions and not doing enough research. Humble apologies. if everyone ignores me I will take the hint ;) |
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So then, as of right now, there is no way to install any software in Incognito? I'm running it off of a LiveUSB was thinking that it would be possible to.
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