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Current DVD build release candidate SFD 2010 contents (2010-08)

  • OpenDisc 10.5 Windows collection with FireFox, ThunderBird, SeaMonkey, OpenOffice (all en-GB) and Stellarium updated
  • Edubuntu 10.04 i386 LiveCD (bootable) updated to current (excluding kernel package(s)?)
  • Subset of OpenSourceMac site recommended software
Adium_1.3.10 audacity-macosx-intel-1.2.5 Buddi-3.4.0.2 celestia-osx-1.6.0
Firefox 3.6.8 (en-GB) FreeMind_0.9.0_RC_7 GIMP-2.6.8-p1-Leopard GIMP-2.6.9-Snow-Leopard
Inkscape-0.47-1.LEOPARD+ OOo_3.2.1_MacOS_x86_install_en-GB Quicksilver-b58-3841.tar.gz
Scribus 1.3.7 stellarium-0.10.5 TheUnarchiver2.5.zip Thunderbird 3.1.1 (en-GB)

Updating the ISO image if burning

sfd2010_1008.iso (4.7Gb, 4.3GiB) is available at mirror.linux.org.au.

Virus scanned with

  • CA eTrust Antivirus Vet 36.1.7839 2010-09-07 11:04
  • AVG 9.0.851 Virus DB 271.1.1/3120

Note Any update of the ISO requires following the Ubuntu documentation below so the image will still boot Edubuntu. Easiest done on an Ubuntu system.

  • Firefox is now at 3.6.9, so could be updated (en-GB).
  • Update ReadMe-SFD-2010.html to remove the TED talk video references, since they were removed for space.
  • In ReadMe-SFD-2010.html further qualify the Remix to note that Edubuntu has Ubuntu updates applied up to August.
  • The OpenDisc 10.09 is now out, updating more packages than we have above. Merge in the updated packages, avoiding clobbering the en-GB versions already updated. Subject to the ISO image remaining < 4.7Gb, this should not be hard.
  • Add more files for OS/X or other directories (away from Ubuntu and OpenDisc directories), not hard subject to the 4.7Gb limit.
  • Following the Ubuntu documentation below, update the packages comprising the LiveCD squashfs image and recreate that. Harder.
    • NB The timezone may have been set to Melbourne time if relevant.
  • Following the Ubuntu documentation below, update the boot kernel. Harder.

Suggestions for 2011



Python, Squeak (Etoys?) and Scratch all were Talk subjects at the 2009 SFD.

  • Processing 1.2.1 Linux 64Mb, Windows 62Mb, OS/X 24Mb GPL, LGPL (Java based)
    • Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work.
  • OS/X Games?
    • Pingus Windows 13Mb OS/X 15Mb GPL


Prior scatty development thoughts

  • Ubuntu 10.04
    • ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso Sun May 9 11:47:47 2010 697.57 MB
    • ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso Sun May 9 12:57:58 2010 699.44 MB
    • ubuntu-10.04-netbook-i386.iso 700 MB
    • Daily Lucid Live CD builds
  • Fedora 12 (perhaps)
    • Fedora-12-x86_64-Live.iso 09-Nov-2009 19:48 656M
    • Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso 09-Nov-2009 19:26 654M


If the Ubuntu ISO images are kept updated so all fixes are rolled up, and we wish to package the distribution with the OpenDisc, we download images close to when we get discs pressed.
If possible, we should provide the 386 live disc and install .debs for both i386 and amd64, and netbook.
Or should we be assuming most people have 64-bit machines these days?
  • Links to recommended FireFox plugins? (AdBlock, NoScript, ...)?
  • Controversially, links (only) to MicroSoft's Office viewers (Word, Excell, PPT)?
  • An omnibus DVD like this should reference the original OpenDisc and Ubuntu sources (A Manifest file?)
    • Should include recognition of funders
    • Should also have Virus scan results for the disc and explantion of any warnings like TightVNC from the 2009 disk

Note that assuming the cost of a pressed DVD is independent of the amount of data on it - up to the 4.7Gb limit, consider merging the above list and and other useful information on the one DVD. Set it up so that it can boot an Ubuntu 10.04 i386 Live CD - or perhaps amd64 Neither the OpenDisc nor OpenMac discs were bootable so as long as filenames don't collide, this should be possible Ubuntu Forums:...:How to make a live CD/DVD from your harddisk installation says that live CD filesystem is presented as a squashfs file in a subdirectory so that the other data is unlikely to interfere if that is so. Ubuntu's LiveCDCustomization and LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch would seem to be the correct documentation.

If this is too difficult to accomplish before the discs need to be pressed, the ISO image files themselves (7zipped?) could be written as a poor alternative that could still be worthwhile to people with low speed connections.

Testing the 3.6Gb Fedora 9 i386 DVD with 7zip gave only a 4% size reduction, 7zipped ISOs are unlikely to be useful.

Depending on space and emphasis, timing appropriate LCA videos or Libre Graphics 2010 videos could be added, or fill the disc with Ubuntu .deb packages covering a useful range (say amd64 base, netbook, edubuntu ...) Project Gutenberg books, ...

(We could pick and choose the most popular ones - Open Office, Firefox, Inkscape etc)
Check which aren't duplicated on the OpenDisc
Around 50mb or so worth of content
  • TED videos (which are licensed under Creative Commons)
http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/195
Recommended links would be;
2006-02 Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html 2006-07 Cameron Sinclair on open-source architecture]
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation.html 2005-07 Charles Leadbeater on innovation]
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on.html
2005-07 Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration
2010-07 Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
If these logos have any currency we should include them either SVG logo or say Logo GPL Black.


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