OK (PLEASE LATEST POSTS BELOW!)

so, I wanted to install the new Absolute 13.0.8 into my lappy
but, I only have 4gb hdd and Debian Lenny already had 1+gb of it.

The absolute 13.0.8 install is about 3.7GB!
And it has both GDM and XDM

So, I said how can I slim it down to a smaller size and retain desktop,etc
Well, I got it down to 1.9GB installed and got the iso down to 352MB!

I only took out big apps like Openoffice, Abiword, Gimp, etc
all of these apps can be reinstalled via Gslapt pkg manager
I noticed though that Gslapt doesn't seem to do dependency checking
so, to reinstall abiword or anything, make sure you also install
like gucharmap, cups,etc

Also removed GDM/XDM for Slim Display Manager

Please see this Thread for more on the troubles
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...script-787031/

And so I announce Absolute-Lite-13.0.8-rc1.iso

The install setup,etc I didnt touch
Absolute, by default, installs everything on iso
without prompting

I did add you cosmetic changes to desktop, a wallpaper and made a Slim
theme for it.
Its really nice, lite and no mistakes by me

Please note I couldn't have done it without Ponce, Gapan, and Knudfl

Window Manager; Icewm
Display Manager; Slim

no users and no passwords set as it is a Slack install CD
It is NOT a LiveCD.

ScreenShot
http://multidistro.com/slack/absolutenew/iceone.png

352MB iso
http://multidistro.com/slack/absolut...ite-13.0.8.iso

MD5SUM
c1bd34d996746e04d16c94aa60948717

If anyone tries it please post back your results

Its now at Softpedia too gangsters
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...-8-54368.shtml

OH, also I noticed a "bug" thats also in the absolute-13.0.8.iso
after installing, when you open Gslapt to update
it fails saying permission denied to server or something

as root, go to /etc/slapt-get and edit slapt-getrc
uncomment the extra repo below the original
open Gslapt again and it should then update successfully

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The softpedia link is bad

Heres link
http://multidistro.com/downloads/current/current.html

Very sorry everyone
A member at Absolute forum brought up the fact that I had mistakenly made a initrd.gz vs a initrd.img
and when you try to boot it says ...initrd.img not found or such
I'm so dumb

uploading the new iso now; should be ready by 2PM eastern

If you already downloaded one and burned it to cd
I am very sorry
at bootup, hit TAB key, and edit the boot line, replacing initrd.img with initrd.gz
and it will boot fine

I will also update softpedia with new iso and md5sum

OK

updated and fixed new iso is ready for download

ScreenShot
http://multidistro.com//slack/absolutenew/iceone.png

352MB iso
http://multidistro.com/slack/absolut...ite-13.0.8.iso

MD5SUM
00bebd26641a1c9b93b3a0974f3e1716

You should find a better way to test your iso's and fix bugs before uploading them to softpedia.

yeah Repo
tell that to debian/ubuntu/ and the others too
everybodys got bugs

Some more careless than others...

Maybe you can paste the packages list??

thanks.