an Ubuntu live CD that boots to a clean server environment. I realized I’m taking up all my time with the PUD GNU/Linux CD (which I like very much) and comparing it to the now-ancient Fluxbuntu CD, and wishing I could just start clean, rather than booting to someone else’s fav-o-rite live environment and waiting while I remove this or that to make space for the things I want.
I know DSL will boot with dsl 2 and give simple root-level command-line-only access. It’s not that I want root privileges though: What I’m after is command-line Ubuntu, in a live form. Perhaps I should keep looking for a way to do this.
…have you tried grml? (http://grml.org/)Perhaps they have the answer for your wishes?
Another interesting news – the main dev of dwm (dynamic window manager) is thinking of releasing distro based on Ubuntu with dwm (and perhaps also wmii)by default – 9ubuntu. Maybe you could contact him?
AFAIR the developers of Sidux (http://sidux.com/) are also very cooperating and they usually answer positive on users requests – perhaps you could do something together?
Wishing you all good luck,
tami
Actually, something like 9ubuntu might be close. I usually try to keep things exceedingly light when I’m testing a machine, and a live CD is preferable. So if I could see how something performed in Ubuntu without the burden of a lot of packages I don’t want. … Anyway, I’ll look into those three. It’s possible that there is already something like what I want, I just haven’t looked hard enough for it.
The Ubuntu server CD may suit you, although I don’t know if it has a live option.
Hej – I’m glad to be of a little help
– just dropped by and saw your answer here… I also think 9buntu could be nice project – I just would like to warn you – their mailing list sometimes reminds “battle field” and they do not choose the words. Not like on Ubuntu or Sidux forums, unfortunately… 
This and only this keeps me away from getting with touch with them…lol
But after all I can at least read…
Wishing you nice day and more courage than I have,
tami
PS. I am reading yuor blog regularly – find it very interesting – especially the articles on “giving the life” to old software. Keep up the good work – and – THANKS!
Hej – I’m glad to be of a little help
– just dropped by and saw your answer here… I also think 9buntu could be nice project – I just would like to warn you – their mailing list sometimes reminds “battle field” and they do not choose the words. Not like on Ubuntu or Sidux forums, unfortunately… 
This and only this keeps me away from getting with touch with them…lol
But after all I can at least read…
Wishing you nice day and more courage than I have,
tami
PS. I am reading yuor blog regularly – find it very interesting – especially the articles on “giving the life” to old software. Keep up the good work – and – THANKS!
EDIT: I meant hardware, of course…he he
I like your faith in minimal systems. They are the future growth of the linux community in a way. Recycling old hardware is a green sustainable lifestyle. I’ll take a guess that 4 or 5 billion people on the planet still don’t own a computer, while our old ones keep getting dumped in the landfill because we feel they’re ‘outdated’.
I’m tired of hearing that old p1 systems aren’t fast enough…