I'm looking for a Linux Distro that comes with Number 10 Solitare. This is for a computer with no internet access. Therefore I assume I need a downloadable iso with Number10 included. A CD iso (rather than DVD) would be a plus.

Thanks for your time.
Mark

as far as i know , there is none

have you done a google search ?

and WHAT is "Number 10 Solitare" ??????????
a quick search for it shows MS windows crapware

Yes I did a Google search.

Number 10 is one of the many variations of Solitaire.

I've found Number 10 available in the Fedora Games Spin, but that is on a DVD. I'm still looking for a smaller Distro on a CD.

Thanks for your time.
Mark

Number 10 is a ruleset for playing the Solitaire card games.

PySolFC, as far as I know the largest compilation of Solitaire games, also has a ruleset for Number 10 Solitaire, so any distribution that comes with PysolFC pre-installed (or where it is easily installable without Internet access) should be acceptable.
The PysolFC website mentions only Python and Tcl/Tk as dependencies, which many distribution should have installed by default.

You're looking for a needle in a haystack and the needle probably doesn't exist. You could try making your own Live CD with http://susestudio.com/
Select 'openSUSE 13.1, GNOME desktop' add the repository called '13.1 games' then add the PySolFC packages. (I see PySolFC is included in Fedora Games Spin, so I'm assuming that's what you are referring to when you say you found Number 10 available in the Fedora Games Spin.) Select 'Live CD/DVD (.iso)' for the format to build as.

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I was hoping to not have to roll my own. I didn't think I was up to it. I followed your link and your directions and it made an iso. Only problem is it doesn't work. It boots to a menu offering regular, safe mode, boot from HDD, or, run memory test. Neither regular or safe mode work for me. Either burned to a disk and running on a PC or in their testdrive mode. I can get to a command line but I don't know what to do from there. Thanks for your help. You've done plenty. But if you feel like pointing out any errors I might have made please feel free. Thanks again.

Playing with the Suse Studio site, I've found I can make a bootable build if I use 'openSUSE 12.3 GNOME desktop.' I had to search to find the PySolFC repository for 12.3, but I found it. It boots up fine and PySolFC is there. When I click on it, it starts, but when the startup progress indicator is about halfway it just disappears.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your time.

Start it from the commandline and look for error messages.

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Good idea!

After locating pysol, I tried this in the testdrive environment and the error was related to no sound hardware being present. This seemed like a good time to download, burn a disc, and try it on a PC. On the PC I can't boot to a graphical environment. It just sits. I can get a command line, but running pysol.py from here gets an error related to no display.

So I'm back to where I was with not being able to boot into a graphical environment. It just boots in testdrive. Not sure what to try next.

What graphics hardware are you using?

Old hardware, which seems to be my problem. Specifically my test system has a : 32MB ATI Rage Ultra. I want this to work on older systems. I tried booting the CD on my new PC and it works perfectly. I guess openSUSE isn't good for old hardware. Or is there some option I'm overlooking that will make it work? Is there anywhere else that makes "rolling your own" live CD easy?

The Rage card is really old and not really well supported. Even if it would start into the GUI it wouldn't run Gnome flawlessly or with reasonable speed. It may be possible that it will work with a more lightweight environment (XFCE, LXDE, Enlightenment), but you may have better luck with a distro aimed at older hardware, like antiX.
If it doesn't have to be a live-CD just install that and install PysolFC, it is available in Debian, which is the base for antiX.

I'm not sure I know how. I've only installed software on a linux system by using a supplied package manager and selecting from a menu while connected to the Internet. How do I put PySolFC on a CD and install from there?

The idea of the live CD is to make sure it works on the old hardware before overwriting whatever operating system is on it. Once I know it works, I'll install it to the hard disk. With the above scenario I could only be sure the OS works before installing. Also, there's no way to test that PySolFC works with the OS before install.

I know I'm asking a lot. I probably am looking for a needle that doesn't exist. I'm downloading antiX right now, I'll check it out.

Thanks for your time.

The easiest solution would be to temporary connect the computer to the net. Since antiX is based on Debian and Debian has PysolFC the probability that PysolFC does not work is about 0%.

antiX works on my test machine but the video flickers badly. I'd have to install it to try the install of PySol. I'll see if I can find an old machine that it works on and try the install. Hopefully the video won't flicker on that machine.