Newsletter Volume 1 Livecd - Revision history

Wiki-HamishBowman: + live demo category

2009-04-17T07:19:29Z

+ live demo category

Wiki-Ominiverdi: /* Objective */

2007-04-02T14:53:55Z

Objective

Wiki-Ominiverdi: /* What is a Livecd */

2007-04-02T14:52:11Z

What is a Livecd

Wiki-Ominiverdi: /* LiveCD installer */

2007-04-02T14:51:15Z

LiveCD installer

Wiki-Ominiverdi: /* More Info */

2007-04-02T14:50:54Z

More Info

Wiki-Ominiverdi: /* Objective */

2007-04-02T14:49:58Z

Objective

Wiki-Syntaxerrormmmm: Aesthetic changes

2007-03-31T16:35:03Z

Aesthetic changes

Wiki-Whirl256: /* Server Edition */

2007-03-31T14:35:16Z

Server Edition

Wiki-Whirl256: /* Future Development and Tasks */

2007-03-31T14:34:34Z

Future Development and Tasks

Wiki-Whirl256: /* Desktop 2007.0 */

2007-03-31T14:34:01Z

Desktop 2007.0

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	* Ominiverdi Livecd Project: http://livecd.ominiverdi.org		* Ominiverdi Livecd Project: http://livecd.ominiverdi.org
	*Gentoo Catalyst Project: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/		*Gentoo Catalyst Project: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/
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		+	[[Category: Live-demo]]

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 Our liveCd will always try to offer users the following:
-#Keep all software up to date with every single official release
+#Up to date software with every main official release
-#Include guides, documents and tutorials
+#Included guides, documents and tutorials
-#Guarantee/Enable? good hardware compatibility
+#Good hardware compatibility
 ==Tecnical development==

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 =Introduction=
-==What is a Livecd==
+==What is a LiveCd==
 As Wikipedia reports, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livecd Livecd] is a "generic term for an operating system distribution that is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive. Typically, it is stored on bootable media such as a CD-ROM (Live CD), DVD (Live DVD), USB flash drive (Live USB), among others." By using this technology, users can get a "taste" of a full GNU/Linux box without fighting with any setup or installation. Once the LiveCd has been booted, everything is loaded in RAM, keeping the hard disk safe. Of course, once the machine shuts down, every change is lost.

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 ===LiveCD installer===
 The installer will be accessible through an icon on the desktop. The installation process will guide the user to the setup of the GNU/Linux distribution on his/her computer.
-Hard disk installations will allow better performance and the possibility to update all packages, thanks to the core of the Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/] system.
+Hard disk installations will allow better performance and the possibility to update all packages, thanks to the core of the Gentoo Linux ( http://www.gentoo.org/ )system.
 ===Server Edition===

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 ===More Info===
-*[http://livecd.ominiverdi.org Ominiverdi Livecd Project]
+* Ominiverdi Livecd Project: http://livecd.ominiverdi.org
-*[http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/ Gentoo Catalyst Project]
+*Gentoo Catalyst Project: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/

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 ==Objective==
-Our livecd will always try to offer users the following:
+Our liveCd will always try to offer users the following:
 #Keep all software up to date with every single official release

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 ==What is a Livecd==
-As Wikipedia reports, LiveCd [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livecd] is a "generic term for an operating system distribution that is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive. Typically, it is stored on bootable media such as a CD-ROM (Live CD), DVD (Live DVD), USB flash drive (Live USB), among others." By using this technology, users can get a "taste" of a full GNU/Linux box without fighting with any setup or installation. Once the LiveCd has been booted, everything is loaded in RAM, keeping the hard disk safe. Of course, once the machine shuts down, every change is lost.
+As Wikipedia reports, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livecd Livecd] is a "generic term for an operating system distribution that is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive. Typically, it is stored on bootable media such as a CD-ROM (Live CD), DVD (Live DVD), USB flash drive (Live USB), among others." By using this technology, users can get a "taste" of a full GNU/Linux box without fighting with any setup or installation. Once the LiveCd has been booted, everything is loaded in RAM, keeping the hard disk safe. Of course, once the machine shuts down, every change is lost.
 ==Applications==
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 #For teaching purposes: During a workshop, your audience can have anything you think is appropriate to increase the learning process.
 #Using an old machine: liveCd can be run on an old machine and also without a HD!
-#Spreading data: it's a very cool way to distribute your work. You deliver your work ( for example output of complex elaboration ) and all applications needed, configured to appreciate it best!
+#Spreading data: it's a very cool way to distribute your work. You deliver your work (for example output of complex elaboration) and all applications needed, configured to appreciate it best!
 ==Limitations of a Livecd==
-Inside a livecd we have the kernel, drivers, WM, and all the applications required for a working environment. Of course, it is rather impossible to put all the drivers that would suit all the machines that have been created. It can happen that, during boot, the CD stops or something else goes wrong (e.g. missing lan detection). Thanks to the work of a lot of people ( in primis Knoppix [http://www.knoppix.net/] ) we have very good software that detects hardware during boot but, like every software application, there can still be bugs. As you can understand, the idea of having a universal machine is a high expectation and the road to achieving this is still long.
+Inside a livecd we have the kernel, drivers, WM, and all the applications required for a working environment. Of course, it is rather impossible to put all the drivers that would suit all the machines that have been created. It can happen that, during boot, the CD stops or something else goes wrong (e.g. missing lan detection). Thanks to the work of a lot of people (in primis [http://www.knoppix.net/ Knoppix]) we have very good software that detects hardware during boot but, like every software application, there can still be bugs. As you can understand, the idea of having a universal machine is a high expectation and the road to achieving this is still long.
 On the other hand, no information is saved while working in the LiveCd environment. If this is a favorable aspect (e.g. keeping your hard disk safe), it can be tedious from another point of view. A solution is to use a Storage Device (like a USB HD, for example) to store all your output. This approach can also be used to save configuration files, so that you can keep your settings after rebooting.
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 ==Tecnical development==
-We decided to use Catalist: the same tool that the Gentoo Release Engineering Team uses.
+We decided to use [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/ Catalist]: the same tool that the Gentoo Release Engineering Team uses.
 This choice is based on 2 main reasons:
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 ==Desktop 2007.0==
 Our first release for 2007 contains this software:
-    * QGIS 0.8
+The system runs a 2.6.18 [http://www.kernel.org/ Linux kernel] and uses [http://www.gnome.org/ GNOME] as a Desktop Manager.
 While writing this abstract, we are waiting for the release of the 2007.1 Qgis 0.8.1.

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 =Future Development and Tasks=
-Our goal is to keep the CD updated by creating new versions on a regular schedule. or at least as soon as major updates or included software will be released.
+Our goal is to keep the CD updated by creating new versions on a regular schedule, or at least as soon as major updates or included software will be released.
 At the moment we are working on two tasks:

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      * GDAL 1.3.2
-The system runs a 2.6.18 Linux kernel and uses GNOME [http://www.gnome.org/] as Desktop Manager.
+The system runs a 2.6.18 Linux kernel and uses GNOME [http://www.gnome.org/] as a Desktop Manager.
 While writing this abstract, we are waiting for the release of the 2007.1 Qgis 0.8.1.