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| DATE | 2013-11-09 |
| FROM | Ruben
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Byzantium Linux -
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Check this out
http://terasaur.org/item/show/byzantium-linux-v0-4b-no/6687
Byzantium Linux v0.4b (No sleep 'till Brooklyn!) (hybrid .iso image)
(Software)
Collection General
Project Byzantium, a working group of HacDC (http://hacdc.org/) is proud
to announce the release of v0.4 beta of Byzantium Linux, a live
distribution of Linux which makes it fast and easy to construct an
ad-hoc wireless mesh network which can augment or replace the current
telecommunications infrastructure in the event that it is knocked
offline (for example, due to a natural disaster) or rendered
untrustworthy (through widespread surveillance or disconnection by
hostile entities). Byzantium Linux is designed to run on any x86
computer with at least one 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless interface. Byzantium
can be burned to a CD- or DVD-ROM (the .iso image is around 335
megabytes in size), booted from an external hard drive, or can even be
installed in parallel with an existing operating system without risk to
the user's data and software. Byzantium Linux will act as a node of the
mesh and will automatically connect to other mesh nodes and act as an
access point for wifi-enabled mobile devices.
This release of Byzantium Linux constitutes the third milestone of our
ISC grant, and adds support for AX.25 packet radio using amateur radio
equipment. This release also incorporates a fully distributed multiuser
microblogging application called Groundstation, which aims to take the
place of Twitter.
If you are a Mac user, we recommend downloading this hybrid ISO image.
Write it to a USB key with the 'dd' command and reboot while holding
down the Option key. Select the 'Windows' device to boot Byzantium Linux.
For more information, please visit our website
(http://project-byzantium.org/).
Sounds like a good place to start for an NYLXS meeting?
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