Hi -- Here are a few points in response to folks who have chimed in on this thread about the gEDA CD distribution.
* Eagle -- as others have pointed out, this is not GPLed software. Therefore, there is no way I can (legally) redistribute it on my gEDA Suite CD. Moreover, my interest is in promoting F/OSS EDA software, including gEDA/gaf, PCB, ngspice, etc. etc. etc. I am not interested in promoting commerical software; the companies which produce the stuff can promote it themselves. Therefore, if you want Eagle, download it from the company that sells it. * Knoppix -- Interesting idea. Actually, I believe that it was Al Davis -- of GnuCap fame -- who first suggested this idea on the gEDA lists about six months ago. It's a great idea! I stole it "fair and square" from Al to produce my gEDA Suite CD. I am not clever enough to produce a whole Knoppix-style bootable distribution, so I decided instead to consolidate many of the useful F/OSS programs I use onto a CD and then offer it to the community. At first, my idea was to sell it to commercial entities. However, I have recently decided to just give it away, and try to persuade businesses to buy media with nice logo'ed CDs for their internal use. A quick Google search will reveal where to download the gEDA Suite CD. Or, just ask and I will post the URL again. Soon, Ales will put it on the gEDA download page (I hope). * Gerbv -- interesting point about 0.16. I will uprev to gerbv-1.0 when I release the next version. Thanks, Stuart > > Let me make a suggestion, one that would hopefully widen the interest in > gEDA. Make a Knoppix like CD that includes at the minimum the schematic > and pcb tools. The objective would be show MS Windows users, what the > gEDA tools are in an easy, reversible way. For me Linux on my home > computers first came via Knoppix. I was familiar with Unix at work on > non Intel hardware, but did not have the skills to install Linux on my > own. The painless self booting Knoppix experience encouraged me to > successfully install Linux on a spare PC. I believe many would jump at > the chance to try gEDA tools if it were Knoppix easy. > > John Dozsa > > Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > hi ya > > > > > > Then, burn it to a CD and use the CD to > > > > install the entire gEDA Suite on any (Linux) computer you wish. > > > > which tools would be on the eda cd ?? > > - geda and all associated tools > > > > additional stuff > > - geda pkg manager :-) > > - eagle would be my thingie i'd want > > > > - pcb tools > > - schematics tools > > - various simulation tools > > - netlist tools > > - timing tools > > - endless list to fill up a 4GB or 8GB dvd :-) > > - other stuff ? > > > > the packager issue will not be solvable .. everybody has a different distro > > - *.rpm vs *.deb vs *.tgz ( my preference ) > > > > a standalone cd would be good .. since it'd usually work > > and it'd use /home/<user-name> for working area on the disk > > > > the problem is some tools expect new libs than what is currently > > on the users system > > - overwriting it might cause their other apps to die/segfault > > > > opencores.org had a cd.. but i donno its status > > > > c ya > > alvin > >
