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If you have an Ubuntu CD (8.10), you could be halfway there. They've begun
including a wizard for creating a live USB key and additionally dedicate
space on the USB key for persistent storage. If you boot up the CD, it
should be under System -> Administration -> Create a USB startup disk.
After rebooting off the USB stick, you should be able to install whatever
applications you need.

Quick disclaimer: I haven't actually used this yet, just know it's there.

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On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:41:10 -0700, Ron Thompson <ron.t at xplornet.com>
wrote:
>    It seems to me that years ago the distributions were lighter and
> included 
> more rarely used software, including development software.  Looking over
> the 
> websites for many of the distributions I couldn't find a detailed list of

> what was included, and had limited success adding things later.  I did
get
> a 
> live CD of the latest Ubuntu burned off, and found that in the time it
> took 
> to boot on a laptop I could half way through my lunch :-( and even  then
I
> 
> didn't have  development software on the standard package.
> 
>     I think the ideal solution was to use a light USB bootable
> distribution so 
> I could keep the work computer free of my personal files.
> 
>     The recommended way to go about getting what I want then would be to 
> download the core package plus the applications I want, build it on my 
> desktop and then make a bootable USB version?
> 
>      Ron
> 
> On Saturday 31 January 2009 08:29, Micah Yoder wrote:
>> Right. In Red Hat/Fedora based systems, install gcc-c++, and any
>> number of "-devel" packages you might need. They're in the
>> Debian/Ubuntu repos also. And a plethora of IDEs for C++.
>>
>> It's hard to imagine a USB/CD distro for development. You will want to
>> have continuity and be able to easily save your work.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Stephen J. McCracken
>>
>> <smccracken at hcjb.org.ec> wrote:
>> >>     I'm looking for some help to find a suitable light version of
> Linux
>> >> that is CD or USB drive bootable.
>> >
>> > I don't know exactly what you are looking for, but would find it hard
> to
>> > believe that the distros don't provide what you need.  It may not be
> in
>> > the LiveCD or the standard desktop install, but they should have them.
>> >
>> > sjm
>> >
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