FOSS4G2008 LiveDVD discussion

FOSS4G 2008 LiveDVD discussions

This page is an archived of the discussions leading up to the production of the FOSS4G 2008 LiveDVD. For ongoing development, check out Live GIS Disc and the FOSS4G2008 LiveDVD release notes page.

Goal

To create a live CD\DVD with as much OSGEO software as possible to be used in workshops, as handouts at conferences and to demonstrate a full functioning FOSS GIS stack.

Download

Download the live DVD from here: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/ .

FOSS4G 2008 LiveDVD Contents

With the development of the FOSS4G 2008 Live DVD complete, I have added the index page of the DVD to the wiki.

Development

Communication

• Communication on the Debian GIS list.
  • UPDATE: we now have our own OSGeo mailing list: live-demo

• IRC will be on irc://freenode.net#osgeo
  • IRC Logs: Kickoff discussion

What exists as of September, 11 2008

Authors	Distro Base	Packages	Building tool	Link
Camptocamp	Ubuntu:	MapGuideOS, adding MapFish, and SDI ?
LisaSoft	Ubuntu	PostGIS, geoserver, gvsig	LISAsoft-LiveCD process
Ominiverdi	Xubuntu	QGIS, Grass, PostGIS, GDAL, R	UCK	Ominiverdi Edu Live
Gvsig	Knoppix	Postgis, geoserver, deegree, geonetwork		gvsig live

Live DVD for FOSS4G2008

• DVD in size (not CD)
• Base Distribution: Xubuntu
• We will start from the Ominiverdi image
• LISAsoft will add Geoserver and hopefully other java packages

Testing

Who did testing	ISO Image	Results	Machines
Cameron Shorter	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha2.iso	Loaded fine, didn't note any problems with images
Alex Mandel	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Loaded ok, no login problems. QGIS ok, sampledata ok, Mapserver appears to be working but the desktop icon doesn't go to anything useful, actually goes to an error page saying that no query was provided. QGIS think the Grass dataset is under the ubuntu user, but the user was changed to demo.	VMWare Beta 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 amd64
Brian Hamlin	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	PGAdmin/psql, QGis Pg layers, ok.. GeoServer MapPreview of Alaska Layer in OpenLayers shows no results??	MacBook, VirtualBox 2 on amd64
Nicol Hermann	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Loading OK. Missing raster layer in gvSIG project, unsure what password to use for postgis ODBC connection during gvSIG startup. I found no logout/shoutdown link on the Desktop. Does this happen intentionally?	Lenovo T60, WLAN was not detected
Lorenzo Becchi	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Autorun fails because directs to index.htm while the file name is index.html index.html offers no link to installers but the text "Prova Livecd"	Windows on VirtualBOX 1.5
Lorenzo Becchi	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Readme file on the last line tells (www.ominiverdi) instead of (www.ominiverdi.org) Mapserver doesn't seem to have a local mapfile to show local data I've made a mapfile for Mapserver: Live_GIS_Disc:mapfile_for_mapserver and added few instruction how to use it. so it can be used by other applications	LiveCD on VirtualBOX 1.5

• shellexecute=index.htm
• Password is in the Readme on the desktop, maybe we should but it on the desktop by embedding it in the background image?
• Logout/shutdown is in the upper right corner, as well as on the main menu.

DVD Burning

Requirements:

• Burn onto a DVD
• Graphics to be printed onto the other side with a suitable logo and contents. A simple one colour print run will be sufficient.
• Target print run of at least 100. If budget permits, 250 would be better. It would be good to give one to all local delegates who want one.

Timeline:

• We need to know when we need to hand over the ISO image so that it can be burned.
• The more time we have, the more testing we can do on the image and the more polished it will be.
  • We can hand the image over on Tuesday 23 September, but would prefer if we had till Thursday 2 October.

Potential Printers:

The 2008 Local Organising Committee have provided the following details for burning DVDs and printing: FOSS4G_2008_Media_Facilities

From the 2008 Local Organising Committee:

• Heindrich Du Plessis
• Burnie / Inge, have a list of service providers that is being used for the conference CDs?

Tim Bowden has found someone as well ...

LiveCD for FOSS4G2008 Schedule

Date	Milestone	Responsible
Fr 12 Sept	IRC kickoff meeting
Fr 19 Sept	Draft ISO to be released for testing (feature freeze)
We 24 Sept	Final ISO complete
Th 25 Sept	Burn CDs	Tim Bowden
Mo 29 Sept	FOSS4G 2008 Starts

Who's helping

• LISAsoft can provide equivalent of 1 resource, split between Mark Leslie, Stefan Hansen, Volker Mische, & Cameron Shorter.
• jsanz, chevi
• wildintellect have offered 2 days
• Tim Bowden is looking into CD burning
• Luca Casagrande and Ominiverdi Family
• HamishBowman can provide DebianGIS integration help
• ... (add your name)