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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE OS
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-08-23 10:34:28
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0808230334m27fe84b8v559e8fdde104e26d () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/8/21 Harald Sitter <sitter.harald@gmail.com>:
> > Once upon a time on IRC....
> > 
> > <ruphy> apachelogger: would you like to help to create a KDE live CD based on
> > kubuntu to show off at events?
> > <apachelogger> isn't kubuntu already KDE based? ;-)
> > <ruphy> apachelogger: I mean, something updated with trunk (neon packages?)
> > and really KDE branded
> > <apachelogger> using trunk makes sense I guess
> > <ruphy> I can provide the artwork, starting for example from the splashscreen
> > <ruphy> a cd specifically for kde
> > <ruphy> its main purpose I guess would be for promo
> > <ruphy> only live should be ok
> > <ruphy> and really really KDE centric, and KDE branded
> > <ruphy> the point of reference for other people, a CD that we can point at if
> > people want to try KDE
> > <apachelogger> well, I am of course available to help :)
> > <ruphy> so, let's call it KDE OS
> > 
> > Whether a KDE reference distribution makes sense or not is probably a matter
> > of opinion (I, as supporter of KDE as source-only distributor, think it
> > doesn't make that much sense :P) but...
> > 
> > For events it makes tons of sense. Somewhere in the inwards of SVN we once
> > have created a tarball with a ready-to-go home directory (including PIM data
> > for example), though I think it never got used that much.
> > A special CD for the booth personnel, to roll a complete system including
> > example data (pictures, videos, music etc.) and configurations with KDE
> > branding could
> > a) make our booth appearance way more coherent
> > b) reduce work for the staff in matters of pre-event and post-event changes to
> > the system
> > c) provide the best example of what can be done with the most recent KDE
> > 
> > Opinions? Suggestions? Volunteers?
> > 
> 
> Foresight is pretty much a Gnome reference distro, and they have a KDE
> version. Maybe take a look at that?
> 
> I am completely against the idea of starting yet _another_ Linux
> distribution. Rather, I would suggest that we take a current stable
> distribution with excellent hardware support, and replace whatever DM
> they have with the current production KDE stable.

Wouldn't do another distro, that's for sure. but a remix of a
kubuntu/suse/mandriva etc would be cool. And I wouldn't want stable
KDE, but rather a SVN thing. Much more fun to demo ;-)

> I already do have a ready-made /home/user tarball that I use to
> bugtest Linux distros / KDE builds. It has pdf, doc, xls, odt, ods
> files, many photographs and a digikam3 database, mbox email, mp3
> files, Firefox bookmarks, Kaddressbook contacts, Korganizer calendar,
> and some other stuff. Most of the data is in Hebrew (because that is
> important for me to check), otherwise I would simply offer the tarball
> (minus mp3 files) for download for testing.
> 
> Maybe when I finish this semester's exams I will compile an
> English-language version and make it available. I will create new
> non-copyrighted mp3 files for testing as well to ensure that I could
> GPL it.
> 
> --
> Dotan Cohen
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