[Workshops] Workshop Equipment Information

[Jody Garnett]

(doh - my archives for this email list go back too far)


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay I just found
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Workshop_Installed_Software
>
> Which does indicate virtual box is available, and a range of courses are
> supplying their own VM.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> A third request to install VirtualBox from this end, performance is much
>> better then a "live" USB stick.
>>
>> I am helping out with the OpenGeo suite, and a couple of the other
>> OpenGeo workshops make use of software which is not available on OSGeo Live.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Matt Walker <
>> walkermatt at longwayaround.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think we'll struggle to get VirtualBox installed on the lab PCs as
>>> we're working within the constraints of the University. I'm going to catch
>>> up with the guys on site in the next few days and I'll raise it but I would
>>> assume that it's not possible when making preparations.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Matt.
>>> On 31 Aug 2013 21:22, "Luca Delucchi" <lucadeluge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il giorno 31/ago/2013 03:19, "Daniel Kastl" <daniel at georepublic.de> ha
>>>> scritto:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Matt,
>>>> >
>>>> > On the conference page you write that participants should use the
>>>> LiveDVD/USB they receive as attendants.
>>>> > At previous conferences a virtual machine image of the LiveDVD was
>>>> usually installed and configured with VirtualBox, so there was no need to
>>>> reboot a PC into the LiveDVD or prepare a virtual machine using the
>>>> DVD/USB. It was just necessary to start a pre-configured VirtualBox VM.
>>>> >
>>>> > This would be very convenient. Also performance is better than
>>>> booting from a DVD.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> +1 tor for the GRASS GIS 7 I would use a virtual machine
>>>>
>>>> > Daniel
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Luca
>>>>
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