xPUD - Just Browse The Web!

xPUD - Just Browse The Web!

xPUD is an unique Linux distribution, consisting mainly of a web browser and a media player, with a simple user interface on top. It can turn your computer into a kiosk-like station by leveraging web technologies, making surfing and watching movies as easy as pie.

It's fast, on average booting within 10 seconds (demo on YouTube), and it's small, too. Core image is weighing in at under 35 MB, yet it still remains binary compatible with most major Linux distributions like Ubuntu or Fedora. So xPUD can not only be a great platform to deliver Web Apps, but it's also suitable for use on Netbooks or All-in-one PCs.


Requirements:
256MB RAM and 64MB free disk required.


Download (Latest Release: Version 0.9.2)
Download ISO image: xpud-0.9.2.iso (64MB)


Creating LiveCD
This is a bootable CD image. To boot from it you will need to:
- Download the image above
- Burn it using a CD-R or CD-RW drive
- Set CDROM to first boot device in BIOS
- Running in Virtual Machine


You can also run xPUD with virtual machine like VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU. Note that network device should set to pcne


Mirror Sites
http://soldat.gr/xpud/ 
http://ftp.ubuntu-tw.org/mirror/download.xpud.org/ 
ftp://ftp.dorm.ccu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/xPUD/ 
http://mesrss.free.fr/


Creating LiveUSB
- Download LiveUSB creator for Windows or Linux
- Insert your USB drive into computer, then double click it to execute
- After done, rename isolinux.cfg to override syslinux.cfg on your drive


Install xPUD on Windows XP/Vista/7
Download installer for Windows: xpud-0.9.2.exe (64MB)
NOTE: Still in testing, use at your own risk!

xPUD will be installed under C:\xpud and dual boot with Windows. 

Install xPUD on Linux
Download image for Linux: xpud-0.9.2-image (45MB)


We don't have installer for Linux yet, but you can do it manually by configure your boot loader. For example, if you're using GRUB on first partition:

title xPUD 0.9.2
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xpud-0.9.2-image noisapnp quiet lang=en screen=1024x786 


You can also boot the ISO image by using Grub2:

menuentry "xPUD 0.9.2" {
loopback loop (hd0,0)/xpud-0.9.2.iso
linux(loop)/boot/xpud isofrom=/xpud-0.9.2.iso noisapnp quiet 
initrd (loop)/opt/media
}