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Tailwind-Live is a live Linux distribution based on Debian-Linux ( www.debian.org ) 'lenny' built using the Debian Live-Helper tool-set.
Through it's association with FreeWRL, Tailwind-Live strives to provide a live distro with a large collection of X3D/VRML authoring tools.
Tailwind-Live generally supports the three main graphics video cards (Intel, NVIDIA and ATI (AMD) in openGL for direct rendering of x3d/vrml worlds. Unfortunately not all ATI graphics cards are supported.
There is alot more to say about Tailwind-Live .. so it's best just to go to the Tailwind-Live Manual that comes with the Tailwind-Live DVD.
You can't download a Tailwind-live ISO directly, but you can download Tailwind-Live Maker that can make a Tailwind-Live ISO in about an hour.
Tailwind-Live Maker is a 85Meg ISO that can be used to make a 850Meg Tailwind-Live ISO. All you need is a hard disk with a minimum of 7Gig of free space that is either a Linux (ext2/3) or Fat32 partition.
Generally USB external drives are formatted as Fat32. Tailwind-Live Maker can build a Tailwind-Live ISO in about an hour on such a drive [AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+].
To read more about Tailwind-Live Maker .. and to download it .. go to the Tailwind-Live Maker page.
FreeWRL comes installed with Tailwind-Live along with a number of X3D authoring tools.
Check out the DVD Start Page: FreeWRL - Start Page .
The primary location for FreeWRL downloads, is the FreeWRL web page:
http://freewrl.sourceforge.net
Tailwind-Live has also put together a binary/source download page for Tailwind-Live updates as well as Red Hat Fedora 9 rpm installs:
FreeWRL Tailwind-Live and Fedora RPM Download page
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