[Live-demo] LiveDVD from GISVM?

Mon Aug 17 01:45:13 EDT 2009

Ricardo and others,
Sorry for the delayed response, I'm not keeping up with all my email 
lists, and this thread slipped below the radar.

FOSS4G 2009 has budget for one DVD to be printed and handed out to all 
delegates. I think it would be perfectly appropriate for the DVD to 
contain the GISVM, if it can fit onto the disk appropriately.

Regarding the LISAsoft Aramagong Live DVD. This was the latest and 
greatest LiveDVD 6 months ago, but I don't think anyone is working on 
it, so it is falling behind the GISVM project.

So I'd be delighted to see GISVM take the lead and take ownership of the 
LiveDVD at FOSS4G.

Massimo,
Do you think the work you are doing with sidux could be aligned somehow 
with the GISVM work so that work done for one helps the other project too?

Ricardo Pinho wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> I was reading:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_11
>
> "FOSS4G Live DVD: 
> LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating
> system and including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to
> all delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial
> the software without installing or effecting the existing system. "
>
> And it remind me to propose to Live Demo initiative a Free Distribution of GISVM on the same or different physical DVD to all delegates.
> So users would benefit of having one more alternative to run and try FOSS4G!!!
>
> The only thing I ask for is to FOSS4G 2009 support the DVD production costs.
> And I would compromise to deliver a GISVM special edition for FOSS4G 2009 (just like I have done for FOSS4G2008...)
>
> Cheers,
> Ricardo Pinho
>
>
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Ricardo Pinho <rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br>
> Para: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> Cc: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 13 de Agosto de 2009 0:05:54
> Assunto: Re: [Live-demo] LiveDVD from GISVM?
>
> Cameron,
>
> Thank you for asking…
>
>   
>> I wonder whether it would be possible to cut a Live
>> DVD image from the GISVM virtual machine image?
>>     
>
> Well, as far as I know there are a million ways to build a Live CD.
> In theory you
> can make a Live CD out of any running Linux OS. 
>
> ( http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Creating_a_Live_GIS_DISC_from_scratch )
>
> Never
> thought much about that, but making a Live CD out of a Virtual Machine must also be possible!
> One way has already been proposed by Massimo...
>
>
>   
>> If so, this could be an effective way to share the maintenance of
>> the LiveDVD and GISVM, and share communities.
>>     
>
> Yes, GISVM and
> LiveDVD have many things in common.
> And I know
> some projects that have both distributions: Live CD & Virtual Machine.
> Just an example
> “IcAROS”: http://aros.sourceforge.net/download.php
>
> Until now,
> I really haven’t thought seriously about building a Live CD on the GISVM
> project. 
>
> Because there are already several similar solutions out there and, I believe, it
> must focus on Virtualization. (the future… ;-) 
>
> However, I’m
> building a completely new GISVM Desktop version, right from scratch. 
> So we could
> join forces and work together.
> It would be wonderfull to see FOSS4G programmers involved on making GISVM a better solution for users.
>
>
>   
>> Is this possible, and what would be involved to make
>>     
> this happen?
>
> Well, to
> make it happen, first I need to know more about Live GIS Disc initiative:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
>
> The first
> version I knew about, was Lorenzo’s, Omniverdi Live CD:
> http://livecd.ominiverdi.org/
> I suppose FOSS4G
> 2007 and 2008 Live DVD where made out of it.
>
> This year,
> for FOSS4G2009, OSGeo and Lisasoft changed it to “Arramagong” 
> http://www.arramagong.com/
>
> So, Live
> DVD is now sponsored by OSGeo and Lisasoft:
> http://www.arramagong.com/Arramagong/Sponsors.html
>
> And that's what I know about it.
>
>
> GISVM is just
> an interesting idea that I decided to put online, out of my spare time and pocket. 
>
> At
> my current situation, I can’t afford the time and money necessary to enter on a
> bigger project.
>
> But I will
> gladly consider any proposal, from OSGeo or other, about something concerning building
> together a LiveCD and Virtual Machine for FOSS4G.
>
> Regards,
> Ricardo
> Pinho
> http://gisvm.com
>
>
>
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Para: "live-demo at lists.osgeo.org" <live-demo at lists.osgeo.org>
> Enviadas: Terça-feira, 11 de Agosto de 2009 7:49:16
> Assunto: [Live-demo] LiveDVD from GISVM?
>
> Ricardo,
> I wonder whether it would be possible to cut a Live DVD image from the GISVM virtual machine image?
>
> If so, this could be an effective way to share the maintenance of the LiveDVD and GISVM, and share communities.
>
> Is this possible, and what would be involved to make this happen?
>
> -- Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Systems Architect
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
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>
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