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4wd:
TinyCore also has Cloud functionality in mind, so that's still an option.
The only drawback is you'd need net access, but that might not be such a hurdle these days.
And as long as we're talking about doing it on the net, how about using something like Dropbox as the write folder?
Just boot, type your manifesto, save it to your dropbox folder, retrieve at will.
-Edvard (January 16, 2011, 03:56 AM)
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Perhaps you might want to check out xPUD then.
You can run it from USB or install to your Windows netbook, it will then give you the option to boot into it, (the default is Windows after 30s). It boots in about 20s on my Aspire One.
They state that optimum hardware is basically the early netbooks: Atom CPU, Intel chipset/integrated gfx, etc.
Option packs add DropBox, OpenOffice, more drivers, codecs, Skype and Extras (which includes the geany text editor).
Just a note: I couldn't get it to install to Flash drive using the unetbootin program, (it didn't download the image), but you can do it by downloading the ISO and telling unetbootin to use that as the source.
You can also wizard up your own xPUD using the mkxpud program on a working Ubuntu 9.10 system - so you can trim out anything you don't want.
Ath:
Thanx 4wd, that's a really good find! :Thmbsup:
aidan_cage:
the one through the chrome app store is a browser plug in (called Write Space), but I don't know if it's affiliated with the link you linked (called Writespace). I'd think it was, but who knows these days.
Personally, I'd rather not worry about needing the internet. I can set it up to save to my Dropbox folder directly, so that it will sync whenever I DO get online. Prince might be right, after all. I don't want to lose anything when the internet is over.
xPUD looks interesting...I don't think I quite get it, but I'm not well schooled in it all.
aidan_cage:
mark this. The chrome app Write Space doesn't actually allow you to save the data to a text file at all. You have to manually select all, open another program, paste, and then save through that program to a folder on your drive..
I don't think it's up to the task yet.
Edvard:
The chrome app Write Space doesn't actually allow you to save the data to a text file at all. You have to manually select all, open another program, paste, and then save through that program to a folder on your drive..
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o_0
Wow, that's not even... wrong.
@4WD: I've checked out xPUD had a bit of fun with it in a virtual machine.
While it's fairly lightweight yet capable, I thnk it's a little more than what Aidan's looking for.
However, If it can be configured to boot directly into a graphical text editor, then it'll do nicely.
I'll give it another look...
@aidan_cage: I kinda figured the internet-centric route might not be ideal, so we can strike those options off.
I've downloaded TinyCore and as soon as I take a nap (I work night shift) I'll see what can be done with the boot and system scripts to get it into shape.
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