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TheOpenCD 2.0 Released
HenrikOxUK pastes "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of TheOpenCD v2.0. The disc contains old favorites like Mozilla, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Gimp in updated versions, but also has some noteable additions like Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender and Gaim. The CD browser technology is also new this time, and is based on Gecko (see screenshots). This approach should make it simpler to make derivatives, including localized versions, some of which will be out shortly. We have timed the release to be out just before the holidays so you can fill the stockings of friends and family with Free and useful software. Read more or get a copy from one of our FTP mirrors or on Bittorrent."
Well, the site is hopelessly slashdotted, so what is OpenCD? Is it just a collection of open source programs on a CD or what? What is the reasoning behind it, and what is it meant to do?
Thanks for the info.
RELEASE NOTES - TheOpenCD v2.0
TheOpenCD project is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of our Windows-FOSS distribution. We have timed the release to be out just before the holidays so you can fill the stockings of friends and family with Free and useful software. Major additions in this version include Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender and Gaim. The CD browser technology is also new this time, and is based on Gecko. This approach should make it simpler to make derivatives, including localized versions, some of which will be out shortly.
The following programs are included:
* Productivity
o OpenOffice 1.1.3
o AbiWord 2.2.1
o PDFCreator 0.8
* Design
o GIMP 2.0.5
o Blender 2.35a
o Dia 0.94
o TuxPaint 0.9.14
* Internet/Networking
o FireFox 1.0
o Thunderbird 1.0
o Mozilla suite 1.7.3
o Gaim 1.1.0
o Filezilla 2.2.9
o TightVNC 1.3dev6
o WinHTTrack 3.32-2
* Multimedia
o Audacity 1.2.3
o Celestia 1.3.2
o CDex 1.51
* Utilities
o 7-zip 3.13
o Notepad2 1.0.12
o SciTE 1.62
* Games
o Sokoban 1.187
o Battle for Wesnoth 0.87
o Lbreakout 2.4.1
About TheOpenCD:
TheOpenCD is a small collection of only the highest quality OSS for Windows, easily available on a CD. The programs are carefully selected to ensure stability, ease of use and a clean install and un-install from your computer. The CD is intended as a first introduction to the world of OSS, but it is our hope that you will later go on to explore other projects, and at some stage you may even want to try a whole new operating system, such as Linux (sometimes called GNU/Linux).
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and version 2.0
See what I've been reading.
Never try and talk anyone into anything. Instead, show them. Give them some software.
Once they convince themselves, mention that it is open source and that there's more where that came from. You will find that they begin to look for OSS instead of asking what it is...and they might even ask what makes something OSS vs. freeware or addware.
A firewall can not protect you from yourself. Turn off what you do not need. Do not use the firewall to do your work.
http://hirisemultimedia.com/TOCD2.iso.bz2.torrent http://www.theopencd.net/torrent/TOCD2.iso.bz2.tor rent
KNOPPIX 3.7 has just been released
Crank up your torrents!
For those who don't already know, (quoting the site), "KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it."
You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. The impossible just takes a little longer.
"what open source really needs is a marketing plan"
I hear this often, but why? Nobody is making money off open source, many are doing it as a hobby. Do I need a marketing plan to go build paper airplanes? Or even to share my paper airplane designs?
OpenSource is great (IMHO) because you can use if you want, and ignore it if you don't want it.
Leave it to those that are trying to make money (RedHat, IBM, Sun, Novell, etc) to do the marketing.
10b||~10b -- aah, what a question!
Open CD is a nice idea, but I've been doing this sort of thing myself for a long time.
I include, at a minimum:
Firefox
Thunderbird
Open Office
Latest AVG free Antivirus download
Ad Aware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Zone Alarm free version
XP security utilities from GRC.com
I keep these installs in a directory on my HD and update as new versions come out. Then, when I want to give one to someone, it's easy to burn a fresh copy. I usually carry one with me in my briefcase along with a Knoppix Live CD and a Xandros free version Install disk (in case I get a convert). These have been useful a number of times.
"Do the Right Thing. It will gratify some people and astound the rest." - Mark Twain
"Do the Right Thing. It will gratify some people and astound the rest." - Mark Twain
That's the point of the OpenCD. The conversation is sopposed to go like this:
Average Joe Why should i use open-source? OS Advocate Here, I'll show you.ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/OpenCD/a yreuth.de/pub/pc/TheOpenCD/a tik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/mirror /opencd/o ws/tools/t he_open_cd/releases/n cd/f unet.fi/pub/mirrors/theopencd.org/TheOp enCD// /www.mirrorservice.org/sites/gd.tuwien.ac.at/ pc/OpenCD/s /opencd/ /ftp.heanet.ie/pub/TheOpenCD/c a/pub/windows/opencd/
ftp://ftp.uni-b
ftp://sunsite.inform
ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/filepilot/wind
ftp://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/ope
ftp://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/OpenCD/
ftp://ftp.
ftp://theopencd.hands.com/theopencd/
ftp:
ftp://carroll.aset.psu.edu/pub/window
ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/opencd/
ftp:
ftp://cs.ubishops.