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Hikarunix CD
http://www.hikarunix.org/
Reviewed by JC
Chetrit
After hearing
through the French Go Federation that there was a free go player's CD that boots
Linux, I tried it recently and am very impressed. I downloaded the ISO image
from the website (see above) and burned a CD with that. I then rebooted my
computer, letting it boot from the CD. The Linux operating system loaded itself
in RAM (non-permanent memory) and discovered all my hardware, including the
internet connection. The Operating System treats the hard disk as read-only,
which means that you cannot harm your
PC.
The desktop is very
attractive and the applications available are all free and contain almost
anything a go player would ever need: introduction to the game, learn to play,
go encyclopedias, software to surf the web (with prominent links to the best go
websites), 5000 go problems, 14,000 professional games, Gnu Go which will play
go against you, an sgf editor, 6 clients to play go on the internet, your own go
server, Kombilo (a database to organize your sgf files),
etc.
Should you have a slow
connection to the Net, or not want to burn a CD from an ISO image, or want a CD
with a very attractive logo, your cost will be an enormous $5 + $1.50 for
shipping from Hikarunix. Did I mention that this could also be used to learn
about Linux, since you have a perfectly good operating system that may work on
your PC even if your hard disk dies. Power users actually use such CDs to repair
broken Windows machines (see article in Tom's
Hardware).
For more details,
contact Jean-Claude Chetrit at jc@BrooklynGoClub.org
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