+1 to Virtual Disks! Can I get a d/l link to try them? -alex
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Diego Escalante Urrelo <die...@gnome.org>wrote: > Hola Juanjo, > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Juanjo Marín <juanjomari...@yahoo.es> > wrote: > > Germán Poó has some old virtual machines. Maybe it would be good idea to > offer a virtual machine to try it. He has GNOME 1.0.56, 1.2 and 1.4. They > are based in Red Hat. Version 1.0.56 (qemu image) and 1.2 (linux 2.2, > vmdk) are tricky to run. Version 1.4 (linux 2.4, vmdk) is easy to run, so I > think is perfect for us. The user is gnome, password gnomehistory (same for > root). If people like the idea, we can prepare other VMs of the other GNOME > versions based on different distros. I think if we do this, we should use > the OVF/OVA format. > > > > If this is doable, great. But I fear that we will not be able to get > the tricky ones on time. > A funny thing to do would be to make this images available in GNOME > FTP. As a "geeky toy" for people who want to try them. But even then, > I would not go further back than 1.4. > > > As a side note, reading an old interview to Miguel de Icaza in GNOME 1.X > days, I really like this reply: > > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/00/04/03/2344211/miguel-de-icaza-tells-all > > > > "I understand that for a seasoned Unix user GNOME might not bring a new > > paradigm for their way they work, but you have to think differently. > > You have to think how many people have or will be able to run free > > software on their desktops because it is easier to use. > > We do plan on continuing improving GNOME, and catering to the needs of > > the people who are just starting to use computers and just starting to > > use GNU/Linux." > > > > This is a great quote. Perhaps we can chase Miguel to update it. > > Action items? I can contact Chema and the GUADEC team about the > history of GNOME video. > > Would you like to start writing the memories for each release? Like I > said, I would only do a few releases, not all. See my previous > proposal. > > Andreas perhaps might want to chime on what would be cool to gather > for the design: screenshots? old icons? the video? > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >
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