On Jan 3, 2008 1:46 AM, Fabio Tonti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a very good idea for demonstrations... Imagine having sage on a > USB-drive an booting it directly!!!!
Would _you_ actually use it. So far in this thread only one person -- Tim Daly -- has said they would actually use a live CD of Sage. Actually, he only said he would "use a live cd", but he didn't specifically say he would use a live cd of Sage. -- William > > > On Jan 2, 2008 8:04 PM, TimDaly < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd use a live cd. they are much more convenient to show off > > at conferences. > > > > > > On Jan 2, 1:37 am, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 29, 2007 1:21 PM, mabshoff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Dec 29, 8:56 pm, "Alfredo Portes" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 29, 2007 3:34 AM, mabshoff > > > > > > > > < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Since Sage is effectively (or, rather much more effectively) > using > > > > > > > the same strategy of making all of the systems available I > thought > > > > > > > it might be worthwhile to update the document with Sage > information. > > > > > > > You might consider making a Live CD of Sage. Doyen contains > instructions > > > > > > > and Alfredo Portes does excellent work. He has carefully > documented > > > > > > > the build process. > > > > > > > > > We used to have a live CD version, but the effort faltered, too. > It > > > > > > might be worth a try to recruit somebody around here who would > like to > > > > > > do that job. I looked at the Doyen project on sf.net and I > couldn't > > > > > > find any files, except a bunch of Axiom files and art work in SVN. > I > > > > > > guess > > > > > > > > > http://daly.axiom-developer.org/doyen/ > > > > > > > > > would be a better source of information ;) > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Given that I was involved in the effort for a live cd for Sage, I > would like > > > > > to say something about it. > > > > > > > > I did make a livecd (graphical for sage), but I did not feel in the > list > > > > > any interest in it. I sent an email and there was no answer. I still > think > > > > > Tim's idea for Doyen is great, and currently there are more tools to > create > > > > > live cds than when he started the project. > > > > > > > > I consider the iso to be more versatile than the current Sage vmare > image, > > > > > because the iso can also be used inside the vmware > > > > > > It may be more versatile, but it is substantially more complicated to > > > actually use, > > > especially because of maintaining the state of the Sage notebook server > (which > > > means one must setup a vmware machine with another image for Sage, setup > > > Sage in the iso to somehow automatically use it, etc.). More versatile > can be > > > more complicated, hence worse for most users. > > > > > > > or be burned and boot > > > > > with it if the user does not have such a program or do not want to > install it. > > > > > > > Sure. > > > > > > > > Doyen and Sage livecd have been dormant for a while now, but I > surely offer > > > > > my help to do this if there is any interest in it. > > > > > > > I assume the interest is there. > > > > > > Why do you assume that? Is there really interest? Alfredo has a very > good > > > point about that lack of interest last year when he posted the image... > > > Do people really use Live CD's much / at all? I don't. > > > > > > I'm definitely not trying to discourage anyone unduly, but it would be a > good > > > idea to answer the above questions, especially when you're suggesting: > > > > > > > What ought to be done is to integrate > > > > the build of the iso into the release process, preferably it ought to > > > > be created locally on sagemath.org or sage.math. So, what needs to > > > > happen to make this possible? > > > > > > Anything that makes the build / release of Sage more complicated, i.e., > > > makes my life more complicated (or that of any release maintainer) > > > better have a solid justification. At a minimum, we shouldn't start > > > building live cd's for Sage if at least 5 people haven't yet requested > > > them. Sorry if I sound at all negative. And if five people reading > this > > > would actually download and use an ISO for a LiveCD of Sage, > > > please just respond to this thread. > > > > > > If there is real demand, I will be an incredibly strong proponent > > > of a Sage LiveCD. > > > > > > -- William > > > > > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
