Ok i've been surfing around the opendisc site, which uses the same sytem as ubuntu live disc i.e. a slightly modified version of k-melleon web browser as a cd browser/launcher.
I think we should check out how http://portableapps.com/ do their thing to see if they have a better solution. In any case all the k-melleon stuff plus web pages tallys up to around 15 Meg. That's just for the installer! So we can't include everything. Lets get it straight from the start. at some point some one's favourite IDE text editor databse or programming laguage will have to be dropped. Philip 2008/6/22 Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any software which is available on multiple platforms is a good choice in my > books. Its good to push OpenSource, but I personally perceive the goal of > the project to show to students that tools do exist that are available on > both Windows/Linux (possibly Mac) and that they are good quality tools too. > > I like your idea of providing a WAMP stack + dev tools. I would also bundle > Ruby too as well as the traditional PHP since its getting to be quite > popular. I thinkered around with it and found a lot of the infrastructure to > be quite neat. I don't want this to turn into a programming language flame > war so if other people have other languages they consider worthy of bundling > so be it. > > -- > Raphael > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Philip Serracino Inglott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> First off, the minutes wrongly report this idea to be mine. It was >> seb's I think. I just said we should make it into an MLUG project. >> >> Now, to business. I think we need a catchy name, something like >> FreeCoderDisc or "The IT Student's Open Resource Bundle" = TITS-ORB >> >> Also it is about promoting Open Source, not making life easy for >> students! But in any case with regards to databases, web servers >> etc... I thought it was about providing development tools, not actual >> infrastructures. Good text editors, ides etc. I think that should be >> the priority. >> Other wise we can provide a whole LAMP stack like XAMPP, and all of >> cygwin. >> >> Also should we include web development stuff? i.e. FireFox with >> Firebug and Webdeveloper and greasemonkey? >> >> How about embeded development? i.e. should we think about engineering >> students? AVR cross-compilers, PCB design etc? >> I think we should also try and target MCAST students if we can. and >> include a few goodies like putty and pdfcreator >> >> Philip >> >> >> >> 2008/6/22 Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > apache with useful modules like php, perl, mono, subversion etc. >> > TortoiseSVN >> > >> > Ramon Casha >> > >> > 2008/6/21 Sebastian Cachia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> >> Started some work on the University OpenDisk idea Philip had. The >> >> software >> >> in square brackets is what is currently used. I think it would be >> >> something >> >> good to ensure all software has both a Linux and Windows version. That >> >> way >> >> we could get students using the software on Windows, and then use their >> >> familiarity with those packages to move them over to Linux. >> >> >> >> There are a number of applications I have listed, for which I know no >> >> suitable substitute offhand. Also, I haven't included any software that >> >> would be required in 3rd and 4th years as I haven't got there yet. >> >> >> >> General Development >> >> - OpenJDK [JDK] >> >> - Mono [.Net Framework] >> >> - Eclipse or Netbeans [Eclipse or Netbeans] >> >> - MonoDevelop [Visual Studio, Visual Studio Express Editions] >> >> >> >> Functional/Declarative Programming >> >> - HUGS [WinHugs] >> >> - SWI Prolog [WinProlog] >> >> >> >> Diagramming >> >> - ? [Visio, SmartDraw] >> >> >> >> Engineering >> >> - ? [PSpice] >> >> - ? [Matlab] >> >> - ? [Emu8086] >> >> >> >> Databases >> >> - mySQL [Oracle] >> >> - ? [WinRDBI] >> >> >> >> Compiling Techniques >> >> - JFlex [JFlex] >> >> >> >> Applied Graphic Design >> >> - ? [PolyRay] >> >> >> >> >> >> Anyway, that is what I have so far... Anybody know of any better >> >> alternatives, other subjects, or things I have overlooked? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> MLUG-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MLUG-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
