This reminds me of the the really awesome Data Science Toolkit project: http://www.datasciencetoolkit.org/
Just passing along the link, in case anyone else likes fun toys. :-) --Hardy ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries [[email protected]] on behalf of Owen Stephens [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians This triggered a memory of a project that was putting together a ready-to-go toolset for Digital Humanities - which I then couldn't remember the details of - but luckily Twitter was able to remember it for me (thanks to @mackymoo https://twitter.com/mackymoo) The project is DH Box http://dhbox.org which tries to put together an environment suitable for DH work. I think that originally this was to be done via installation on the user's local machine, but due the challenges of dealing the variation in local environment they've now moved to a 'box in the cloud' approach (the change of direction is noted at http://dhbox.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog/2014/dh-box-new-friend-new-platform#sthash.27THWR6E.dpbs). To be honest I'm not 100% sure where the project is right now, as although it looks like not much has been updated since May 2014. Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 288 6936 > On 21 Oct 2014, at 15:42, Brad Coffield <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is what you're really after is an environment pre-loaded with useful tools > for various types of librarians? If so, maybe instead of rolling your own > distro (and all the work and headache that involves, like a second > full-time job) maybe create software bundles for linux? Have a website > where you have lists of software by librarian type. Then make it easy for > linux users to install them (repo's and what not) ((I haven't been active > in linux for a while)) > > Just thinking out loud. > > > -- > Brad Coffield, MLIS > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian > Saint Francis University > 814-472-3315 > [email protected]
