[Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Michael Scherer
Hi, while debugging the last issues for iso for alpha 1, Anne reminded us that some people asked in the past for appliance ( ie, virtual machine ) to be distributed along the isos on mirrors. While we will likely not do for the next release ( due tomorrow ), I would like to have some feedback

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Pascal Terjan
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:28, Michael Scherer m...@zarb.org wrote: Hi, while debugging the last issues for iso for alpha 1, Anne reminded us that some people asked in the past for appliance ( ie, virtual machine ) to be distributed along the isos on mirrors. While we will likely not do for

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
2011/2/14 Michael Scherer m...@zarb.org: Hi, while debugging the last issues for iso for alpha 1, Anne reminded us that some people asked in the past for appliance ( ie, virtual machine ) to be distributed along the isos on mirrors. While we will likely not do for the next release ( due

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Frank Griffin
David Sjölin wrote: I would be interested in this, especially for the first versions. But as you say, one could install it oneself on a VirtualBox, but with some distributions I've used graphics can be complicated to get right in VirtualBox. Could you be more specific ? Maybe I'm missing

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Michael Scherer
Le lundi 14 février 2011 à 13:45 +0100, David Sjölin a écrit : I would be interested in this, especially for the first versions. But as you say, one could install it oneself on a VirtualBox, but with some distributions I've used graphics can be complicated to get right in VirtualBox. Then

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread David Sjölin
Hi! Yes. I think I misunderstood your original question. I thought the purpose of this was mostly for testing while the distribution is fairly new since it would be easier for people to test in a virtual machine instead of installing it directly on a computer since you would most likely need to

Re: [Mageia-dev] Dev Team Call To Action...

2011-02-14 Thread Samuel Verschelde
Le dimanche 6 février 2011 02:03:20, محمد طيلوني a écrit : Hi; Sorry to be a bit late in answering, but I have been a bit busy. I guess I can help out with PHP for mageia-app-db, so if there is some more information about it and how to coordinate, count me in :) Muhammad Hi, The

Re: [Mageia-dev] Virtual machine image distribution

2011-02-14 Thread Maarten Vanraes
Op maandag 14 februari 2011 13:28:00 schreef Michael Scherer: Hi, while debugging the last issues for iso for alpha 1, Anne reminded us that some people asked in the past for appliance ( ie, virtual machine ) to be distributed along the isos on mirrors. While we will likely not do for the

[Mageia-dev] Mirrors opened

2011-02-14 Thread Michael Scherer
Hi, since the iso for alpha 1 is soon to be released, we have also placed the rpms on the mirrors now everything is ready to be released. For the moment of course, not everything is finished, we are still working on various parts : - list of mirror should be ready soon ( nanar is on it,

Re: [Mageia-dev] New mockups about mageia-app-db

2011-02-14 Thread Hoyt Duff
Here's my thinking-outside-of-the-box suggetsion. Portmanteau From Wikipedia: Portmanteau comes from French porter, to carry + manteau, cloak (from Old French mantel, from Latin mantellum). In modern French, a portemanteau (or porte-manteaux) is a clothes valet, a coat-tree or similar article

Re: [Mageia-dev] New mockups about mageia-app-db

2011-02-14 Thread Marcello Anni
Here's my take on an edit of the intro: Welcome to Mageia Application Discovery! Here, you can search for application software to use on your Mageia system, then download and install it with just a click. Browse by name, category or specific filename*. To help you decide. examine the

Re: [Mageia-dev] New mockups about mageia-app-db

2011-02-14 Thread Samuel Verschelde
Le mardi 8 février 2011 23:54:59, Marcello Anni a écrit : On 2/8/11, Marcello Anni marcello.a...@alice.it wrote: did you like the slogan under the name in my mockup? : P when you'll decide to call it Find Out?? i'm still waiting, mageia-app-db is horrible (and i'm sure you

[Mageia-dev] Mageia 1 alpha 1 is out

2011-02-14 Thread Anne nicolas
This time was the right one: http://blog.mageia.org/?p=492 Many thanks to all who worked on bootstrap, build system, artowrk, packaging, cleaning... and made possible that first step for Mageia. We need your feedbacks. Enjoy -- Anne http://www.mageia.org