> 1- Upload the cd as BitTorrent shared-file: > Bittorrent is becoming a standard for downloads . the reason is that > http download speed decrease when demand on file (no. of download > operations) increase ; while bittorrent download speed increase when > demand increase . I recommend azureus as the best crossplatform > bittorrent client .
Good idea. I'm not sure if it is feasible though and I have never setup a similar thing. For the record, since the announcement about 50 people downloaded it from my server, and probably the same number of more from the primary server. (over a period of about 2.5 monthes. But definitely worth checking out. I'll see if I can talk to islamic torrents about this. > 2- include some other programsin the cd > -bittorrent client as: bittorrent officialclient , azureus , utorrent > (meu-torrent) > -Multimedia codecs : XviD (openDivX project) ,ogg vorbis codec > -Wiki program : Moin moin ( the program used for dos of Theopencd.org Multimedia codecs: vlc is really the know it all when it comes to video reading. I'm not sure about the licensing of the codecs. Any recommandations? > 3- highlight on dependencies and plug ins for each program : > dependencies of programs should be highlighted as to make user > install them first , under th description you may write dependencies > and request their install ,here are some examples: > -please instal JRE or JDK (= JRE + compiler ) before installing > Azureus or eclipse ; openOffice.org also require jre but it is > bundled with it in this installer. > -please install GTK2+ before installing GIMP;Gaim also require gtk+ > butit is bundled with it ,gnumeric is bundled with gtk+/win32 diffrent > than the official one > -please Install 7-zip before extracting MediaPlayerClassic zipped > with 7-zip . > -please install python before installing blender > -please install cygwin before installing texmacs or monodevlop > ( advanced / experimental) I tried to do that on a few instances. I agree that it needs extending. Now that hava is OSS, we can even include it! > also plugins notice for example as: > -Abiword plugins: > abiword-plugins-tools-2.4.6.exe > abiword-plugins-impexp-2.4.6.exe > AbiWord_Dictionary_British.exe > AbiWord_Dictionary_American.exe > > -Audacity plugins: > LADSPA_plugins-win-0.4.15.exe > lame-3.96.1.zip > vst-bridge-1.0.exe > Nyquist plugins: > buzz.zip > harmonicnoise.zip A download small window will be introduced to allow the download of all files with direct explanations of each. > > 4-use a wiki program for auto run: > letting autorun script open an html page would highly increase > customizability , as editing would be easier for guiding pages and no > compiling will be needed . also using a wiki program as moin moin will > make editing easier and more contribution may be given to project > if this wiki is hosted on the website ;and included information about > dependencies and plug ins may rapidly increase . You mean end users editing from the CD? keep in mind that a large number of the targeted audience don't have Internet connections to begin with, so their edits will be moot. I agree however, that there should be a way to lure users into getting involved somehow :) that's probably the strongest message of the CD. + wait for it: the CD contents are not rendered correctly in Internet explorer. And I simply don't have enough time to support it. > Mohammed EnNaqeeb Mohammed, your input is very much appreciated. I'm accumulating these ideas, and in time I will release a second release to address much of these issues. Djihed
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