letting yall know that i have uploaded my first slimmed debian image for the Rasp Pi:
http://www.thepussycatforest.info/pussy ... re.img.zip
It is 114mb but compared to SAP, its the same size on the linux OS partition. If i compressed it using .xz like barry has with SAP then it would be within 1 or 2mb the same size.
This is only stage one, and that is to use the Debian image provided by the Rasp Pi people and remove all the crud. The default image uses more than 90% of the 1.7gb linux partition, but this version only uses 18%.
Other than removing stuff that isnt needed for the type of OS we are aiming for, the ssh server is installed and working on first boot, this means that you can immediately log into your Rasp Pi using ssh protocol (the ssh command in a terminal or using something like the Putty program) and there is no need to attach a monitor or mouse and keyboard at all. The Rasp Pi people have a well sorted out dhcp client working and i have kept that intact. Simply connect to your network, switch it on, and then look on your router to find the address or try pinging the ip address that is one more than the highest ip address on your network. If you get a response then you know your Pi is on that ip.
JWM is installed as the window manager and dillo is the web browser.
I havent entered any menu entries into the JWM menu so you may have to launch dillo by opening a terminal. Xterm has been installed so that xinit will work for those of you who want more control over the xorg environment, this launces xorg with no WM.
If you are logging into your Pi via a network then use root as the username and pussy as the password. If you are using a monitor and physically sitting infront of the Pi and have a keyboard connected then use pi as the username and raspberry as the password. I dont know why it doesnt allow root logins that arent from a network. If you want to use root then after logging in, type: su root
then when you are asked to enter the password, enter: pussy
Note: to use the apt-get system to install things you need to use su or sudo and be using apt-get as root.
This isnt a real pussy yet, and it isnt even the promised server pussy. Server pussy will be released shortly and will have web, ftp, telnet and ssh servers working on first boot and no need to even connect a monitor.
This version only has the ssh server working, the others arent installed yet, however modern ftp clients that allow you to use sftp connections (ftp over ssh) will let you sftp into the rasp and you will be able to access its filesystem just like you can when using ftp.
Right now its roughly the same size as Puppy, but it will end up being bigger than Puppy as we have alot of stuff to add to make it a pussy.
All the device drivers work as they should as they have not been messed with and remain the same left over from the original Rasp Pi official debian image. This image runs a mixture of wheezy and squeeze as far as i can make out, and its repo that it uses with apt get is the raspberian repo not the normal debian one, but it seems to contain everything the debians ones have + all the specific rasp stuff so we will keep this as the main repo.
This version will not be of any use at all to normal users that expect a Puppy or Pussy type system, this is a only a bare bare bare minimum and the X session is only a tool to help you organize your Xterm sessions or to use dillo to surf the web, nothing else is there. This is only a base that will be useful to developers or hackers or those brave enough to apt-get everything they want to use. I dont mind if other developers want to use this to make their own debian based OS. The Rasp Pi logo is still visible on boot. This hasnt been changed because even tho this is a very bare raw OS and not even a pussy yet, your still running it on a Rasp so the logo is still there and will stay there in future.
let me know if there is any technical issue with the image, i kinda had to guess the byte sizes when i was imaging it and i cant test it correctly until i get my 2gb sd cards in the mail, the source sd card i was using was 8gb but i only used the first 2gb and compied the first 2gb to the .img file then zipped it then uploaded it. If you have problems with it then please let me know and i will fix it in the next few days.
