Something also useful would be some hints and howtos e.g. getting the most out of DTrace, installing on common platforms, running on virtual machines like VMware and VirtualPC, ... I am planning on exploring some of this ground over December-February (our summer).
On 27/10/2005, at 12:54 PM, Joey Guo wrote: > Hi all, > > It's really a good idea and it's proved helpful from my experience > of making the first version of the OpenSolaris DVD. > > Please refer to my blog about the details (http://blogs.sun.com/ > joeyguo) > The First Version OpenSolaris DVD Rolled Out The first version > OpenSolaris DVD will distribute at the OpenSolaris Beijing User > Group meeting and 2005 China National OS Teachers' Conference on > Oct. 15. The DVD include the following contents. > > Tools: > All tools are classified into SPARC and x86 versions. Please go the > subdirectories (./sparc and ./x86) to get the corresponding version > of following tools: > > 1. Netbeans 4.1 and 5.0 beta > > 2. Sun Studio 10 > > 3. Latest Firefox binary > > 4. Latest Thunderbird binary > > 5. Starsuites 8 trial on x86 > > 6. OpenSolaris packages, > > Src: > > 1. OpenSolaris source > > 2. Closed Solaris binaries > > Documents: > > 1. Solaris Express Install Guide > > 2. OpenSolaris Build and Install Guide > > 3. Sun Studio 10 Install Guide > > 4. DTrace Guide > > 5. Configuring Multiboot Environments on Sun x64 Systems with AMD >>> >>> We're pulling together a media kit and training DVD for >>> students. Here >>> are some of the things we'd like to include. Anything you would >>> add or >>> remove? >>> >>> - Solaris Express Community Release >>> - OpenSolaris source code >>> - Studio compiler and other tools >>> - gcc compiler >>> >>> - Video of a Solaris installation > I have a document with the pictures step-by-step. >>> - What to expect from OpenSolaris vs Linux vs FreeBSD etc. > I have a collection of the pointers and documents. >>> - Documentation on how to install and boot Solaris >>> - Pointers to key info on opensolaris.org >>> >>> What do you think? Are we on the right track? >>> >>> >> Teresa, >> >> That's a great idea. Can you fit all of that onto a single DVD :) >> > Yep, it's possible. I have made the first version of DVD and handed > out at the conference and user group. > >> How about StarOffice 8? >> > Yep, so far we have only the x86 version. >> Do key info include pointers to external audio, ethernet drivers >> and blastwave.org? >> > As for the drivers, it seems to me most of them are included in the > Solaris Express DVD. > > We could include some pointers to the Download center and > Blastwave, but we couldn't include everything in the DVD. > > Please tell me the expected date you want to release them. I could > roll-up them and send to you for your reference. > > HIH. > > Thanks & Best regards, > -- Joey Guo, Solaris x86 Engineering, http://blogs.sun.com/JoeyGuo > Phone number: (8610) 8261-8200 (x.82245) > _______________________________________________ > edu-discuss mailing list > edu-discuss at opensolaris.org Philip Machanick School of ITEE, University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/ ~philip/ phone +61(7) 3365 2766 fax +61(7) 3365 4999 mailto:philip at itee.uq.edu.au
