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On 03/07/11 17:13, Rob Beard wrote: > On 03/07/11 12:02, Paul Sutton wrote: >> has anyone got an idea what has happened to the opendisc project >> >> The latest cd is clearly out of date 10.12, and there is no indication >> as to when a new cd is out. >> >> http://www.theopendisc.com/ >> >> perhaps someone has heard of something or perhaps its moved, It's >> rather irritating it would be useful to be able to give people an up to >> date cd of open source software, as this cd is a good introduction and >> perhaps stepping stone to Ubuntu, >> >> Paul >> > > From what I understand the project is pretty much one guy doing all the > work, or it was a couple of years ago. > > It actually does take a lot of effort to keep the CD up todate including > making sure the screen shots are still valid and that applications work > etc. > > I know when I was working on the custom one it was a load of work > updating the applications and creating pages and screenshots for > additional applications. > > If you look at The Open Disc web site it does have a list of the > applications and links to their web sites if you want anything more up > to date. > > Rob > > Ok thanks Yeah I am aware its a lot of work, however it is nice to know if projects are still going I also know they had a major server fail at some point and I get the feeling they may not have recovered fully from that, paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Open Mic nights - Wednesday 8pm to 11pm (14+) Free entry Breakin' Ground - Street dance for young people (8+) Wednesday 6pm (starts May 11th) The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq