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Linux Mobile System (LMS) is a full Linux system
whose
support is the new USB Flash Memory Drives. The intention is to boot
any PC with USB support with our system and therefore we will have
every administration and analysis applications that we have selected,
so we will not need install it. This way, always we will be able to get
our Linux system ready to use in our pocket. |
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This project arose with the intention to study the Linux
system of exhaustive way and simultaneously enjoy with it. The initial
idea is to fuse two separated disciplines: the programming and the
systems management. So we'll center our study in the denominated
"system programming'', as much networking level as at device level
(drivers).
Main objectives of the project are the following ones:
- To initiate our Linux system from
memories flash USB.
- The system will be a selection of common
GNU tools in every system: disk diagnosis, memory, hardware, networks
monitoring tools, etc.
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- As far as possible we'll develop new
tools and/or utilities with the objective to study deeply the
underlying technology.
- The programming languages used will be
C, C++, Python and Perl, without forget the system shell scripts.
- The resources minimization (disk space,
memory...) isn't a functional objective of the developments.
LMS's main aim is to achieve a highly specialized
distribution of GNU/Linux which can carried through the USB Flash Memory Drives. Once the
distribution is ready in the USB device, it can be
carried in your own pocket and you can start up any PC x86 with no need
to install it directly in the PC.
The LMS system is aimed at the development of
specific tasks such as network administration, security analysis of
networks, and recovery and repair of host data, as well as all
information exchange, which is what makes it different from other
portable systems such as "live CD's". The main idea is to carry all the
potency of Linux and our tools in our own pockets, ready to be used.
In order to boost the project a very limited first
version of LMS was created, which is currently available in the web
site. At
the moment we are developing a final LMS version which includes the
following characteristics:
- RPM system of packages Fedora based,
reconstructed in order to minimize space.
- The start up of the system in console or
frame buffer mode in order to cover the greatest number of graphic
chipset.
- Detection of hardware through the use of Kudzu.
Making special emphasis on the detection of the greatest possible
number of network cards.
- Kernel Linux with the latest USB
subsystem in terms of stability.
- Start up through GRUB or
also through extra floppy disk for machines which don't have USB start
up through BIOS.
- Interactive configuration of network
parameters during start up.
- Graphic utility (PyGTK)
for the preparation of the LMS system: "LMS Factory". This utility
allows
the automatic creation of the LMS system in the USB memory drive. It
allows the selection of a variety of LMS flavors according to our
needs:
- LMS only
console
- LMS focused
on network administration
- LMS focused
on security
- LMS focused
on hardware and system diagnosis.
It is also possible to personalize the generated
system, including the partitioning of the device to use areas of it for
traditional storage.
The underlying idea behind LMS of using a
specialized Linux distribution in these devices of growing diffusion
makes LMS a pioneer and innovative distribution versus the actual focus
of traditional GNU/Linux distributions.
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