Additional info: Of course an "Astronomy Tools" group is a nice idea too! But it doesn't replace the Spin as the "download, boot and try it" idea doesn't work without a spin.
On 06/26/2015 10:28 PM, Christian Dersch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm the change owner. The benefit is a ready to work Fedora for astronomers. > One special reason for the KDE desktop is KStars. It is part of the KDE > project and the leading free software for observatory control. There are no > Gtk equivalents and I really don't want to ship a GNOME-based spin and then > add a huge bunch of KDE software. With KStars and INDI it is possible to boot > your system using the Spin, just connect telescope and camera and then have > fun :) This is very nice to get new Fedora users in field of amateur > astronomy. Many of them say "Linux is so complicated...", with a Spin just > give them a live medium and let them play with it. You could also have a look > at http://indilib.org/, especially the Forum. KStars/Ekos is the most > commonly used software in this field. > > Additional Information: We are currently discussing about a modified title: > https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/35#comment:2 > > Greetings, > Christian > > > On Fri Jun 26 14:41:04 UTC 2015, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 10:32 -0400, Jan Kurik wrote: > >/ = Proposed Self Contained Change: Astronomy Spin = > />/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Astronomy_Spin > />/ > />/ Change owner(s): Christian Dersch <lupinix at mailbox dot org > > />/ > />/ A Fedora Spin providing a complete toolchain for both amateur and > />/ professional astronomers. > />/ > />/ > />/ == Detailed Description == > />/ In both amateur and professional astronomy and astrophysics Linux is > />/ a very popular operating system. More and more data analysis is > />/ performed using Python, especially the astropy project is a quite new > />/ effort providing a professional toolchain. The Astronomy Spin > />/ provides a complete scientific Python environment (2 and 3) as well > />/ as the AstrOmatic software. For observational astronomy, KStars > />/ provides a complete solution for astrophotography using the INDI > />/ library. In addition to an astronomical collection of packages the > />/ spin also adds a menu for astronomy to make work more comfortable. > />/ > />/ > />/ == Scope == > />/ * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > />/ * Release engineering: Add spin to spin-kickstarts, ensure spin has > />/ been tested, and release with rest of spins > />/ * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > />/ * Trademark approval: Requested > / > > I don't really see what benefit there is to having a spin for this. It > sounds like it might be just as effective to work with the GNOME > Software folks on getting an Astronomy Tools group in the Software app > made highly visible. > > We could then just advertise Astronomy-related functionality as a new > feature of Workstation. > >
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