> David -- > > > Sorry, the URL is http://www.offramp.com/FC4_Lab-Install, and I > still > > need a little time before the gEDA instructions get integrated into > the > > wiki. Quite a bit of restructuring will be necessary in the next two > > weeks as I add some new content. This thing is getting big. > > I looked at your wiki, and I was very impressed and gratified to see > how much detail you have provided regarding gEDA installation! Great > work! > > It looks like you are teaching a university class. Would you care to > let us know where you teach? I am glad to see gEDA getting some > traction in universities! > > Finally, I went ahead and placed a pointer from the gEDA to your > pages. I think they are a valuable contribution to the gEDA project, > and deserve to be linked in so they can be used! Thanks! > > Stuart
Stuart, There is more to come. I did the same level of documentation for Fedora Core 3, and I am just now getting to migrate the "interesting" parts to the Fedora Core 4 wiki. Some of the translation from FC3 to FC4 was a little poorly done, so I will be cleaning it up in the next week. The instructions under Fedora Core 3 were "messy" for the gEDA Tools, and I want to thank you for the work you did on the new CD. It appears that I will not have as much writing to do for Fedora Core 4, and I will be able to add more meat to this version. I would have answered your e-mail sooner, but I was in front of the fireplace, relaxing to its pleasant warmth, reading your "Circuit Design on Your Linux Box Using gEDA" article in the latest copy of Linux Journal. Very well done. They gave you all of 5 pages for this article. Wow!!! I suspect the gEDA project will now get a little more attention, and this list will start to see more posters. As for "Do I teach?". Well, yes and no. I'm a contract engineer, working with a diverse group of entrepreneurs that want to develop some projects (some commercial, some not). The one issue we all have in common is the desire to use Open Source tools, and Linux. Most of us are Linux newbies, so I write these instructions to lead those new to Linux through the experience of setting up their own project computers (after all, they are responsible for maintaining it after they install everything). It culminates with instructions for installing various tools used to develop the projects, plus some tutorials on how to use the tools. Having computers built to a common set of instructions has significantly improved the rate at which new members become familiar with Linux. The goal is to finish the Fedora Core 4 instructions before the end of the year, so that I can get a head start on the Fedora Core 5 Test 2 installation instructions.
