andLinux Prebeta based on Ubuntu

I wanted to thank you guys for posting about andLinux when it was a
proof of concept.  I just released PreBeta (named PreBeta only dur to
the lack of a full installer).  PreBeta comes with many improvements,
but most noteworthy is the move from Debian to Ubuntu.  Although I
don't personally favor one from the other, there was an extremely
large demand for Ubuntu.  As well, the download went from 320MB to
190MB.

Here are some of the updates added:
# The Linux base has been moved from Debian Unstable to Ubuntu Edgy
Eft. This was done only due to popular request. I am not anti/pro
either Linux distribution and think they are both great products.
# All non-Internet communication now use the WinTap protocol. Slirp
was used for all communication, but it is too CPU intensive to be used
everywhere. Slirp is great for Internet and is still used for
Internet, but just not practical for X and sound. Due to adding
WinTap, you can now use graphical applications that andLinux couldn't
handle before. For normal desktop applications, you shuld see native
speeds. For highly graphical applications... some are great and other
are not so great.
# andLinux no longer opens a console on bootup. I have moved to using
Xfce's panel application. It is lightweight, clean, fast and
customizable. There are still a few things that need correcting, but I
prefer it and hope everyone else will too.
# Aside from the performance enhancements above, I have been working
very hard to improve the file system speed. I still experience some
slow boot times when I first start andLinux, but I have gone from 3-5
minutes to well under a minute. Please understand that if you use NTFS
compression, your boot times will increase (usually seen only on the
first boot). Windows fragmentation is another cause of poor startup
performance.
# As usual, we've updated to the latest-and-greatest versions of
CoLinux. We have also moved to the 2.6.17 kernel.
# Sync'ed to Ubuntu Edgy Eft on 10/6/06
# Moved to a smaller base OS setup. The move to Ubuntu made this
pretty simple. In POCv1.0-POCv2.1, I loaded development tools,
libraries, applications and more. Since people use andLinux for so
many different things these days, keeping the OS simple allows
everyone to use andLinux for whatever their need be. Rest assured, I
have made great progress on the updater and hope this is the last
version we need to start from scratch again.

David Solomon
andLinux founder
http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/AndLinux