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Re: [SFD-discuss] official SFD2011 DVDs are available via torrent for testing

by Alexey Eromenko

After 5 hours of trying I still cannot download it. Torrent file downloaded, but it doesn't start. Please provide a mirror - need direct link to ISOs on HTTP or FTP server. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

Aug. 31, 2011

official SFD2011 DVDs are available via torrent for testing

by Jiří Navrátil

and later for sharing with everyone. Could you kindly test it and seed as long as possible? (without rating limitation) I will also appreciate, if you can diff resulted DVD against the original ones you own. Details and torrent file is on http://www.navratil.cz/SFD2011/ After testing and with seeding of many of us, we can put the torrent file on official web and share with everyone. Thank you for participation. Best regards, Jiri -- Jiri Navratil, http://www.navratil.cz, +420 777 224 245

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Alexey Eromenko

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Ingeniero Forigua <ingeniero.forigua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I preffer cdlibre http://www.cdlibre.org/consultar/catalogo/index.html CDlibre is non-English. Is there English version of website + download link ? -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Ingeniero Forigua

I preffer cdlibre http://www.cdlibre.org/consultar/catalogo/index.html <--- last update on 28 ago 2011 -- =========Miembro Ubuntu Colombia========== ==...Gratis lo recibisteis; dadlo gratis. (Mt 10, 8)== Mi Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/ingforigua http://www.gnewbook.org/pg/profile/IngForigua

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Alexey Eromenko

Hello Phil ! I'm happy to meet you here. I know you're one of the original OpenCD developers, and if you're looking for a real child project, which follows TheOpenCD's spirit, look and feel, then Qumble is for you. I have copied everything: source code, software selection decision process, website, *everything*. But updated and brang fresh wind quite a lot in many places. Just rebranded as "Qumble", but I have retained original contributors such as you and Henrik. I believe that original TheOpenCD is the best so far, because it targeted quality, rather than quantity and put much more effort into chosen projects. Unfortunately both TheOpenCD, and it's child, TheOpenDisc are dead projects. I have a test version of Qumble available: http://qumble.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 Give it a try! Best wishes, -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Phil Harper

I see, on your SFD wiki page, that you have a table with a column titled "Proprietary alternative", this doesn't seem entirely helpful, comparing things like bluefish and gimp to dreamweaver and photoshop(which you appear to have used in the design of your website, GIMP no good?) may be a little misleading, and suggesting that the "proprietary alternative" to FreeCiv, a Civilization clone, is age of empires is rather amusing. You appear to be be hoovering up every possible free app, including complicated and potentially dangerous utilities(a windows password cracker, really?), rather than being selective and providing only the best quality tools that the open source world has to offer, try to make sure that the apps you distribute are at the very least well tested, user friendly and genuinely open source. I'm curious about Alice and GCOMPRIS, i believe the latter is crippleware on windows, has this changed or will you be building your own distribution for the platform to get around the limitations? Alice looks interesting but just how free is it, i see EA and their Sims IP are involved, is the content open too or just the engine source? Your project appears to be over a year old, the sourceforge project was started on 2010-08-03, that doesn't sound like a couple of days back. Maybe you should consider creating a swiss army knife system utility boot disc distribution and splitting some of your apps into that, rather than including them with a Windows Free software distro. Phil. On 31 August 2011 07:14, Manmohan Brahma <manmohan.brahma(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > Couple of days back I have initiated such a disk Swatantra. > > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Swatantra > http://swatantra.sourceforge.net/ > > Do have a look at its contents and if possible do add some thing on Qumble. > Have a Happy Happy Software Freedom Day. > > ~ Mohan > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan(a)gray.siamics.net> wrote: >> >> >>>>> Alexey Eromenko <al4321(a)gmail.com> writes: >> >> > Hi all ! I have started new Open-Source distro for Windows, based on >> > TheOpenCD, copying it's look and feel. Original TheOpenCD and it's >> > fork, theopendisc, are both inactive. It is time for something new. >> > The new project, named Qumble, already has BETA1 and forum ready. >> >> > link: http://qumble.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 >> >> > Could you help me test it and advertise it (help spread the word) ? >> >> I've just forwarded the announcement to planning-ru@. (Please >> also consider replying there.) >> >> I guess we may consider distributing the images, as well as the >> physical media, at the event at Altai State Univeristy. >> >> […] >> >> -- >> FSF associate member #7257 Coming soon: Software Freedom Day >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/ planning-ru (ru), sfd-discuss (en) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Alexey Eromenko

Ivan Shmakov: My version is just a test release. Please do not distribute it to the wide audience yet, but only to advanced users and developers. It is not ready yet. Having some community BETA testers will help me finish it sooner. (maybe withing few weeks, if you help) Manmohan Brahma: Very nice to see a sister project around. I could not download it -- the download links are broken on your page: http://swatantra.sourceforge.net/# You seem to have lots and lots of software. By contrast, the selection process for Qumble is going to be much more strict and we mostly target Windows Home Users. We will have much fewer software (of hopefully better quality). Due to our aim for Home Users we will overlook such categories as "development", "Database", and "Content Management System". Also we have a restriction of one software per category. It means that we won't include both "Pea-Zip" and "7-zip" for instance. Few questions/notes: Adding some more games to Qumble makes sense. QTfw seems to be FreeBSD only. Where did u get a Windows version ? QuoteCom ip telephony - What is it ? Google unable to find it. HandBrake - seems next to useless for me - doesn't support WebM. The goal is to also support Open Formats, not just Open-Source Software. Virtual Box Open Source Edition - who built it ? BTW: Oracle's VirtualBox is now fully Open-Source since version 4.0 (you can just grab latest 4.1.2 and go) *OSE builds usually do not include documentation and drivers / Guest Additions, making such versions much less useful than Oracle's build. All such components were Open-Sourced with v4.0.0. Also why do you think that VBox takes just 8 MB? Last time I checked it was like 80 MB. Vbox in it's feature list compares closer to VMware Workstation beating freeware easily - both "Microsoft Virtual PC 2007" and "Vmware Player" on features hands-down. WinCDEmu - looks useful. Will consider adding it to Qumble. Why is "Infra Recorder" under "Multimedia" while "WinCDEmu" under "System Utilities" category ? IMO they should belong to one category. OpenJDK for Windows - where can I get it ? What's license? Python - Do you also supply it's libraries such as pyWin and pyQt ? Otherwise it is next to useless. For your distro I can recommend some of our choices: 1. PuTTY - COM/Serial/Telnet/SSH client 2. Celestia - 3D space simulator 3. Really Slick Screensavers 4. Sumatra PDF - We consider including it for future release of Qumble. It is equivalent to Adobe Reader but much more light-weight. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Ubuntu CD Pack Surprise Custom Charges!!!

by Marcelo Araldi

Here in Brazil the CDs haven't been charged in the delivery... I just signed the paper saying that I've received them... *Marcelo Araldi me encontre na web! <http://about.me/marceloaraldi>** * 2011/8/30 Rodrigo Rodriguez <roirobo(a)ubuntu.org.ni> > We had the same problems for a few distros here in Nicaragua, until last > time (for the 11.04 release), wich we had to pay 45 USD, aprox. > > The problems is with TNT. They charged the value of the CD's according to > the national laws, and even if you try to explain they're free, at least in > our case, they don't believe you that CD's will be free. They though we were > going to sell the CD's, no matter what we tell them. > > I'll suggest to all of you that next time (or this, if it's possible, yet), > keep all the papers and send it to Canonical, so they can take log of that > and send a notification to TNT. > > For sure, next time Canonical will send the CD's with another carrier, I > don't know, or maybe they will notify specifically to TNT that don't charge > anything for the CD's. > > Good luck! > > > 2011/8/30 karan pratap singh <wizard.karan(a)gmail.com> > >> Hi all >> >> I met a guy from TNT courier service today, he came to my home demanding >> approximately 45 USD for Custom charges that were put on the value of the >> Ubuntu CDs pack I was supposed to get as a part of my SFD package.....I had >> ordered the max possible quantity of CDs that was possible while >> registration, and the CDs weigh about 6.7 KiloGrams....My friend in another >> state of India, also organizing SFD, received 60 CDs but did not get charged >> any custom fee! >> >> Are these charges even meant to be paid by us? >> >> Now, will SFD people reimburse me for this amount? Since we are college >> students and a bit tight with the budget, moreover we have already spent >> most of our money on booking a good venue for our SFD celebrations. The TNT >> guy said that if I do not pay him, then say goodbye to packages! >> >> >> >> -- >> regards, >> Karan Pratap Singh >> PULUG, Chandigarh, India >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Rodrigo Rodríguez > Sociólogo y Comunicador social > * > * > Linux user # 471524 | Ubuntu user # 23047 > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nomada > http://mundonomada.info/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Seun Ojedeji

Hello Manmohan, This is nice! However all the links on the page seem not to be active as i tried to download the 4.5Gb compilation using the download tab, but its does not seem to be responding. Could you provide the url where this can be downloaded. Regards On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Manmohan Brahma <manmohan.brahma(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > Couple of days back I have initiated such a disk Swatantra. > > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Swatantra > http://swatantra.sourceforge.net/ > > Do have a look at its contents and if possible do add some thing on Qumble. > Have a Happy Happy Software Freedom Day. > > ~ Mohan > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan(a)gray.siamics.net>wrote: > >> >>>>> Alexey Eromenko <al4321(a)gmail.com> writes: >> >> > Hi all ! I have started new Open-Source distro for Windows, based on >> > TheOpenCD, copying it's look and feel. Original TheOpenCD and it's >> > fork, theopendisc, are both inactive. It is time for something new. >> > The new project, named Qumble, already has BETA1 and forum ready. >> >> > link: http://qumble.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 >> >> > Could you help me test it and advertise it (help spread the word) ? >> >> I've just forwarded the announcement to planning-ru@. (Please >> also consider replying there.) >> >> I guess we may consider distributing the images, as well as the >> physical media, at the event at Altai State Univeristy. >> >> […] >> >> -- >> FSF associate member #7257 Coming soon: Software Freedom Day >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/ planning-ru (ru), sfd-discuss (en) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji, * *you don't need a hero to succeed on the field....you need a team!*

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [SFD-discuss] Starting new Open-Source Software distro for Windows

by Manmohan Brahma

Hi Ivan, Couple of days back I have initiated such a disk Swatantra. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Swatantra http://swatantra.sourceforge.net/ Do have a look at its contents and if possible do add some thing on Qumble. Have a Happy Happy Software Freedom Day. ~ Mohan On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan(a)gray.siamics.net> wrote: > >>>>> Alexey Eromenko <al4321(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi all ! I have started new Open-Source distro for Windows, based on > > TheOpenCD, copying it's look and feel. Original TheOpenCD and it's > > fork, theopendisc, are both inactive. It is time for something new. > > The new project, named Qumble, already has BETA1 and forum ready. > > > link: http://qumble.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2 > > > Could you help me test it and advertise it (help spread the word) ? > > I've just forwarded the announcement to planning-ru@. (Please > also consider replying there.) > > I guess we may consider distributing the images, as well as the > physical media, at the event at Altai State Univeristy. > > […] > > -- > FSF associate member #7257 Coming soon: Software Freedom Day > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/ planning-ru (ru), sfd-discuss (en) > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Aug. 31, 2011