Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Alex Mandel
Mark Leslie wrote: Alex Mandel wrote: Mark Leslie wrote: Greetings, We at LISAsoft are in the process of setting up a Live CD. While the ultimate goal is a 'comprehensive' version by FOSS4G2009, we're starting with a fairly short java-centric stack of software in order to get the

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Gavin Fleming
A LiveCD BOF is a good idea - you can start planning it here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_BOF_Sessions A few of the workshops and labs will be using liveCD or liveUSB. Is anyone keen to produce a few hundred CDs of one or more of the liveCD versions out there to distribute at the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Projects at FOSS4G

2008-09-10 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
I'm curious about how many different projects (OSGeo and others) will be represented at FOSS4G by speakers, workshops, etc. Rather than wade through the presentation listing, I thought I'd be lazy and ask here. If you know that your project(s) are going to be represented there, could you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Cameron Shorter
I'm very excited to hear Markus and Lorenzo correct me and tell me that GeoFOSS packaging is live and well. And yes, we would be delighted to work with you, building upon your work rather than starting again from scratch. The success of a packaging project will come from a strong community.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Paulo Marcondes
2008/9/10 Cameron Shorter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We have been planning to create a simple live CD (based upon Debian or Ubuntu) for the Java stack - something that we think we could achieve. just a ping: Knoppix had a quite nice compaction, fitting one dvd worth of data into one CD. slow boot,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

2008-09-10 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi Cameron, all, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Cameron Shorter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm very excited to hear Markus and Lorenzo correct me and tell me that GeoFOSS packaging is live and well. And yes, we would be delighted to work with you, building upon your work rather than