Squab Linux Live - the most complete live system in the world. Final Chapter!

Update April 2, 2026:

- Added fonts suitable for a book and pdftk utility. Updated the kernel and succeeded in fitting Lazarus 4.6, equipped for Database and Client-Server Applications. 

A new version available here. Download the .iso file and burn it into a USB Flash stick of 16Gb. The created flash drive is read-only, and that means that, if you need to save your work, you need a second flash drive, or mount some partition from the host computer. This also means that your flash drive will last very long. 

Arduino IDE was removed for lack of space, but you can still program AVRs in bare-metal mode (example projects are included in "work" subfolder).

There is support for Blackpill, Bluepill and derived boards, using libopencm3 SDK with starting templates. 

FreePascal compiler for embedded (AVR and ARM) is provided as well. 

Linux Kernel 6.12.73.   Now, 6.12.74 👍

Included applications for MIDI projects. 

I never talked about this in detail, never tried to present it as it should have been presented. Two years of struggle, trying to prepare something that will last for years...  An useful Linux workstation for when SHTF. Unfortunately, Google Drive offers only 15Gb of storing space, and there are still a couple of things that I would have liked to have included:

- Visual Studio Code with Cortex-Debug extension but without A.I. included;

- A fully equipped Lazarus + FreePascal as the absolute R.A.D. (rapid application development) solution. Done! 😁

I have these for myself, obviously, but not for the online .iso image. And there is another obstacle against a bigger .iso image: and that is, very few other countries have very cheap high speed Internet connection as Romania has. So, here is where I draw the line and consider the project complete! Maybe some day I will have the energy to talk in detail about this, and the reasons for the many decisions I've made regarding its content.  

Original article

 Designed to work offline, as a complete solution for both the artist and the tinkerer, is also useful for the PC programmer and for the embedded engineer. It is based on a non-systemd Linux distribution and for the times when an Internet connection is desired, there is an already configured firewall paired with a secured Firefox browser. 

The author says that it is also the foundation for it's yet to be released "Arduino Projects with LunaAVR and C languages under Linux" book. The Live DVD can be downloaded from this Google Drive folder.

 


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