[PLUG] Need LiveCD for Students to learn C

[Rahul Sundaram]

Desi Penguin wrote:
> I'm looking for suggestions for LiveCD that suits following setup.
> 
> 1. Boot from the linux LiveCD.
> 2. connect your USB thumb drive to access your C assignments program.
> 3. Open Vi/Editor to write new code. Save code onto the thumb drive.
> 4. compile your programs using gcc
> 5. IDE is bonus but not mandatory.
> 
> Ubuntu LiveCDs do not have gcc

Would a Live DVD fit the purpose?

Fedora 8 Developer Live DVD has all these. More information at

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue102#head-53444e1645ab6dc131718253c5300e6b55e60d92

Download:

http://spins.fedoraproject.org/

If you want to make customizations to create a live cd or adjust the 
contents, you can do that in Fedora 8

# yum install livecd-tools

Look at the kickstart files in /usr/share/livecd-tools. You can create 
live cd/dvd's or bootable USB images easily. Refer

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo

Rahul