Posted by biff baxter
Greetings all - for those of you who are new to wattOS, many of the fourm entries might already contain answers to your questions. Some of the previous version fixes, tweaks, etc. will work in the newer versions. Dont forget to use the search function in the forums (upper right corner) and enter a simple search phrase and you might just find an ans...
Posted by biff baxter
Greetings - As I posted in the forums, I am getting ready for a cross country road trip using wattOS. I will be posting blog updates daily on planetwatt, and on twitter at @wattOSLinux I will be traveling with my good friend Tad. So it will be Biff and Tad's excellent adventure :) check back to watch and see how things go...
Posted by biff baxter
So I am working on getting more connected so we can all participate more as a community. Not just on wattOS, but linux and open source in general.... wattOS has had a facebook page for a while, so if you search for wattOS Linux in facebook...you will find it. Please feel free to join there. Secondly have opened a twitter account, so i...
Posted by biff baxter
Greetings all, It has been a great week and the new version of wattOS has gotten off the ground with good feedback and a few tweaks. Thank you! I have added a small donation button on the download page for anyone who feels compelled to do so. There is no obligation to do so, and I have never received much of anything for w...
Posted by biff baxter
New Changes to some of the wattOS basics This is not intended as a "readme" or official technical information, its just general thoughts about the recent changes that are going to be incorporated into wattOS and how it will lay some groundwork for future work. I have removed a locally installed email client. Why? After thinking about it for a whi...
Posted by biff baxter
Well the web site has finally been upgraded. It took quite a bit of work, and a complete re-write of the underlying code. The old forums were broken, and the old site code was misbehaving with the database it was connected to, and a whole host of other strangeness. So I decided while it was painful, this was the best route. I want...
Posted by biff baxter
Currently x86 based processors only - We have lots of plans for other platforms, but right now simply 32bit x86 only.
Posted by biff baxter
wattOS is based in Portland Oregon USA. The forums are a great place to start. If you have questions, want to chat, need to know more, etc. You can also send a private message to biff - the creator of wattOS
Posted by biff baxter
From the main page, go to the "Downloads" link at the top of the page. Then click on the version you want. Then you will see the listed downloads.
Posted by biff baxter
That part is easy! Simply download the wattos file in the downloads section. (When in doubt get the newest version). Then burn it to CD, put it in your computer and reboot. If your computer is setup to detect bootable CD's, it will automatically start and you can try wattOS right from the CD without changing anything on your computer. When...