I used it to build my first ever 64-bit system. It did alright. I chose the standard amd64 version because it was a very small download and because I didn't need a desktop. There are various larger desktop versions.
It boots fast to the first tty screen. The login is "user" and the password is "live". I don't know root's password, but "user" can reset that with
sudo passwd.
The version-check.sh script showed that some stuff was needed. The wired Ethernet card had been automatically configured by the live CD, so the following got the verson-check output right...
Code:
cd /bin
sudo ln -svf bash sh
sudo apt install bison gawk gcc g++ make gpm
The mouse was just for me to be able to copy and paste. The library-check.sh script show all three of the math packages as missing. The book says all present or all missing is okay, so I continued on.
Anyway, all that was over in a minute or two. I guess a wireless connection can be done but might involve more effort. I imagine most wired Ethernet cards will be ready and waiting like mine.
I did the preliminary chapters manually or by pasting from the dump-commands output of the SVN checkout of the book I was using. After that, I have chapters 5, 6, and 7 scripted, so I just ran those scripts. Then back to copying and pasting for chapter 8. But it would have been easy to copy and paste the whole thing manually from one tty with the SVN book commands to another tty.
Just FYI and FWIW. Maybe nothing.
