AptoSID 2013-01 Ἑσπερίδες Wi-Fi Ready Internet Multimedia Respin

linuxfonts.narod.ru -> AptoSID 2013-01 Ἑσπερίδες Wi-Fi Ready Internet Multimedia Respin (previously known as Sidux)

AptoSID is a desktop-oriented Linux LiveCD (bootable from CD/DVD/USB) operating system based on the "unstable" branch of Debian, which uses the codename Sid. The distribution consists of a Live CD (bootable CD-ROM) for IA-32 or x86-64 architecture and can be installed to a hard drive through a graphical installer.

Since AptoSID originates in Germany, its developers cannot include some very useful network utilities like tcpdump or even telnet (sic!). Also adhering to the "all" free status of Debian distribution, they don't include any firmware, thus you cannot use AptoSID with your laptop which only has WiFi network connection.

Here you can download a custom AptoSID respin which allows using the network without any hassle. Download the image here: aptosid-2013-01-hesperides-xfce-i386-201305050307.enhanced.iso (Mirrors: ~~free.fr~~, ~~sendmyway.com~~, ~~rusfolder.com~~, (more required!))

md5sum: cad212d556469ce4a0f178fb51fcf7e2 aptosid-2013-01-hesperides-xfce-i386-201305050307.enhanced.iso

The next release will contain the following applications: none at the moment (please, send your proposals to my e-mail (google for it) or add them below in the comments block).

Warning: the support for all languages other than English, German and Russian has been removed to reduce the image size.

2011.02.07 update: from now on this Aptosid respin is compressed using XZ, thus with all the additions it weighs 15% less than the original.

2013.05.24 update: ooops, I've forgotten to append the information about my modifications to the original image. You can fetch it here.

AptoSID is dead. Their forum is dead. It hasn't seen new releases for almost two years already, "Install it and use it as a Debian distro", no thanks, I need a LiveCD distro with fresh software.

If you want to thank the author or if you want this respin to be updated, please, consider the ad at the top of the page. Thank you!

Some notable extras:

Most commonly used firmware for WiFi adapters.
A lot of useful network utilities as AptoSID doesn't even include telnet (ngrep, netcat, telnet, rdesktop, etc.).
Core Web Fonts™.
Some hardware related utilities (smartctl, hdparm, lshw, etc.).
Hardware stress test utilities (memtester, cpuburn, etc.).
Some utilities to cope with the Windows world (offline registry editor, Rar/unrar, 7-zip archiver).
NetworkManager and cell providers database.
Universal console audio player (moc).
Text mode Internet browser (links).
Includes Qt4 libraries (for easy installation of VirtualBox) and a simplistic Aurora web browser.
Skype 2.2 (I refuse to use 4.x).
Ayttm universal messenger (supports Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, file transfers).
Fully Internet ready.
Can play almost all video and audio files formats (moc/ffplay).

Here's a list of added .deb packages (not listing lib* and qt4 libraries but they are included):

acpi_1.6-1_i386 acpitool_0.5.1-3_i386 aircrack-ng_1%3a1.1-5_i386 arora_0.11.0-1_i386 arping_2.11-1_i386 aumix_2.9.1-2_i386 ayttm_0.6.3-3_i386 b43-fwcutter_1%3a017-1_i386 bluez-firmware_1.2-3_all cabextract_1.4-4_i386 ca-certificates_20130119_all chntpw_0.99.6-2_i386 cifs-utils_2%3a6.0-1_i386 cmospwd_5.0+dfsg-2_i386 convmv_1.12-2_all cpuburn_1.4a-3_i386 dmidecode_2.12-1_i386 dsniff_2.4b1+debian-22_i386 dvd+rw-tools_7.1-10_i386 efibootmgr_0.5.4-6_i386 elinks-lite_0.12~pre6-1_i386 ethtool_1%3a3.9-1_i386 ettercap-graphical_1%3a0.7.6-1_i386 fbset_2.1-27_i386 fdupes_1.50-PR2-4_i386 ffmpeg_6%3a0.8.7-1_i386 file_1%3a5.14-2_i386 firmware-atheros_0.38_all firmware-b43-installer_1%3a017-1_all firmware-brcm80211_0.38_all firmware-intelwimax_0.38_all modemmanager_0.5.2.0-2_i386 firmware-ipw2x00_0.38_all mtpfs_1.1-4_i386 firmware-ivtv_0.38_all mtr_0.82-3_i386 firmware-iwlwifi_0.38_all nano_2.2.6-1+b1_i386 firmware-linux-free_3.2_all netcat_1.10-40_all firmware-linux-nonfree_0.38_all nethogs_0.8.0-1_i386 firmware-ralink_0.38_all net-tools_1.60-25_i386 firmware-realtek_0.38_all network-manager-gnome_0.9.8.0-2_i386 flac_1.2.1-6_i386 network-manager-pptp-gnome_0.9.8.0-2_i386 flashrom_0.9.6.1+r1563-1_i386 ngrep_1.45.ds2-12_i386 freerdp-x11_1.0.2-1_i386 oss-compat_2_i386 genisoimage_9%3a1.1.11-2_i386 p7zip-full_9.20.1~dfsg.1-4_i386 gphoto2_2.4.14-1_i386 par2_0.4-11_i386 gptsync_0.14-2_i386 pciutils_1%3a3.2.0-1_i386 growisofs_7.1-10_i386 pptp-linux_1.7.2-7_i386 gtkam_0.1.18-1_i386 procps_1%3a3.3.6-1_i386 hddtemp_0.3-beta15-52_i386 qt4-qtconfig_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_i386 hdparm_9.43-1_i386 rdesktop_1.7.1-1_i386 hexedit_1.2.12-4_i386 reaver_1.4-2_i386 iceweasel_17.0.6esr-1_i386 refit_0.14-2_i386 iftop_1.0~pre2-3_i386 smartmontools_5.42+svn3561-3_i386 intel-microcode_1.20130222.1_i386 stress_1.0.1-1_i386 iotop_0.5-2_i386 tcpdump_4.3.0-1_i386 links_2.7-1_i386 tcpick_0.2.1-6_i386 lm-sensors_1%3a3.3.3-1_i386 telnet_0.17-36_i386 lshw_02.16-1_i386 ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.5_all memtester_4.3.0-3_i386 udftools_1.0.0b3-14.2_i386 microcode.ctl_1.18~0+nmu2_i386 xbacklight_1.1.2-1_i386 mobile-broadband-provider-info_20130506-1_all xfonts-terminus_4.35-1_all moc_1%3a2.5.0~beta1+svn20130411-1_i386 xtightvncviewer_1.3.9-6.4_i386

blog comments powered by Disqus