Re: [school-discuss] EDU-Nix Dual Mode CD 2 / Distribution Solutions

[shane <shane@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use EDU-Nix (with the hyphen) at this time, but there was a pre-existing but 
seemingly inactive project known as edunix, which I believe was out of 
Czechoslovakia (thank you Kontact spell check).

I am looking for a better, 'brandable' name for the CD that will be more 
appealing to 'regular' folks in the EDU sector.  The hope is that EDU-Nix.org 
will be a home for various education-inclined projects, the CD being the 
first.

If there is a specific app or apps that are lacking, let me know and I will 
try to create modules so that you can make your own customized version at the 
EDU-Nix SlaxCenter.

Thank you for the kind words, all credit for the brilliance of Slax goes to 
Tomas Matejicek and the Slax developers, I just repackage other folks 
brilliant work.  Standing on the shoulders of giants is real appealing when 
you're only 5'6"

-shane
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 13:00, lee rodgers wrote:
> Wonderful work...
>
> I've been doing a comparison of edubuntu & edu-nix, & I'm partial to
> edu-nix -- it's quite a bit faster booted from CD-ROM (I remember playing
> w/ Slax & Stux last year & came away with a very favorable impression...).
> I'm also very partial to Vector SOHO not only for speed but b/c it plays
> nice w/ putting LILO on the partition instead of the MBR. I prefer to use
> GAG to boot-manage, not Grub or LILO, whose configuration vagueries can
> prove very annoying. (FWIW, all the aforementioned are Slackware variants
> as is Edu-nix (or is that EdUnix?). I've never tried Slackware, proper, but
> so far love it's progeny....
>
> As for Debian variants.... I'm trying out Freespire, Studio-To-Go &
> Mandriva this week....
>
> /lee
>
> shane <shane@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Folks,
>
> EDU-Nix Dual Mode CD 2 is now available, and as usual, FTP mirroring will
> lag a few days behind the initial release.  Anyhow, for starters only an
> HTTP download is available, but I hope to have mirror support in place
> soon.
>
> Which Brings Me To:
>
> Over the past few days, the discussion has covered distribution solutions
> for our varied projects, such as FTP hosting / mirroring and torrent
> seeding / hosting /tracking.  An interesting project that I found is at
> Ibiblio, called Osprey http://osprey.ibiblio.org/, that seems to be an
> all-in-one solution. I have contacted the admin, and am hoping to hear back
> shortly.  I will certainly pass on any information I can obtain.
>
> Back to my shameless plug:
>
> Version two of the EDU-Nix Open Source Schoolware Dual Mode CD is based
> upon the Slax Live CD, and includes even more Free Software for Windows
> computers than before.
>
> The Live CD environment is feature-packed and includes Wine, Samba and the
> TSClient for simple integration into your existing Windows network as well
> as the Gimp-Print and Gutenprint drivers, providing compatibility with many
> common printers.
>
> The EDU-Nix Live CD Environment provides a fully functional desktop
> environment that can seamlessly integrate into your existing computer
> infrastructure, in addition to the Free Software for Windows also included
> on the same disc.
>
> A brief package listing is available here:
> http://www.edu-nix.org/livecdtoo/softwarelist.php
>
> Download here:
> http://www.edu-nix.org/download/
>
>
> Regards,
> Shane

-- 
Shane Coyle
www.edu-nix.org