Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive 14.0 status: alpha4

2020-12-29 Thread edgar . soldin
On 28.12.2020 15:46, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently we had a lot of package updates in our development ppa, so we are > releasing OSGeoLive 14.0 alpha4 to test the new updates. > > Please download [1], [2], test and report any issues found [3]. Change log > available at [4]. hey

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations

2020-12-17 Thread edgar . soldin
hey Angelos, if fat32 is the limiting factor, why is it put as is on the stick and not extracted? Some tools support that eg. Rufus for windows http://rufus.ie/ and that works well with pretty much every ISO i put on stick so far. i am pretty sure that can be done as well on the command line

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk space on iso and candidate projects to move to VM only

2020-12-17 Thread edgar . soldin
once again. this is only necessary if a 4GB limit is taken for granted. in a time where space becomes abundant and dual layer dvds, 8GB+ usb sticks are readily available _and_ cheap i'd suggest concentrating efforts to tackle the limit instead of minimizing the users choice. consider it an

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations

2020-12-28 Thread edgar . soldin
hey All, Angelos, incidentally i just came across Ventoy[1] via the Qemu Advent Calendar[2], a usb stick boot manager that boots ISOs from an otherwise usable data partition. it supports exFat, NTFS (to name cross platform candidates) among others so there is actually no 4GB file size limit.

Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive 14.0 status: alpha4

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
On 1/5/2021 13:39, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > About the check on iso startup I found this: > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1231875/how-to-disable-live-system-check-at-startup-booting-in-ubuntu-20-04 that's about changing grub parameter when starting from usb. ideally you'd want to disable the

Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive 14.0 status: alpha4

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
On 1/5/2021 14:45, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > On 1/5/21 2:39 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >> On 1/4/21 10:43 PM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>> On 04.01.2021 20:53, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: On 12/29/20 1:00 PM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: > On 28.12.2020 15:46, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >> Hi

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
On 1/5/2021 13:42, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > We should also consider the possibility that adding a new tool to create usb > drives might prove more difficult for simple users. please consider testing it first. it's as simple as running a GUI installer and copying the ISO to the stick. as

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
On 05.01.2021 18:31, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Lets re-cap: > > We are currently using an iso format for our live system. This is an image > file with an embeded iso9660 file system. The length of a file's extent on > disc is stored in a 32 bit value, it allows for a maximum length of just over

Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
On 05.01.2021 18:31, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Lets re-cap: > > We are currently using an iso format for our live system. This is an image > file with an embeded iso9660 file system. The length of a file's extent on > disc is stored in a 32 bit value, it allows for a maximum length of just over

[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Disk (ISO) size limitations

2021-01-05 Thread edgar . soldin
seems even to be possible to create an UDF/Joliet combo according to this https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/107883/creating-udf-image-in-linux ..ede Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [OSGeoLive] Disk (ISO) size limitations Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 19:14:00 +0100 On 05.01.2021

Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive 14.0 status: alpha4

2021-01-04 Thread edgar . soldin
On 04.01.2021 20:53, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > On 12/29/20 1:00 PM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >> On 28.12.2020 15:46, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Recently we had a lot of package updates in our development ppa, so we are >>> releasing OSGeoLive 14.0 alpha4 to test the new updates.

Re: [OSGeoLive] Booting from Osgeo-live flashdrive on a Mac

2022-02-15 Thread edgar . soldin
hi Jochen, 1. what kind of Mac? model/year? 2. how as the usb-boot-stick created? ..regards ede On 15.02.2022 06:20, Jochen Albrecht wrote: > As part of my Advanced GIS course, I provided every student with a 32 GB > OSGeo-live flashdrive, formatted with NTFS on two partitions. They both fine

Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeo-live flash drive not detected on various platforms

2022-02-16 Thread edgar . soldin
just to reiterate, i had encouraging results with https://www.ventoy.net/ . it lets you create a boot stick, that's able to boot iso images. didn't try it with Macs so far, but i'd reckon it'd work just as well ..ede On 16.02.2022 23:30, Jochen Albrecht wrote: Let me start with the positive

Re: [OSGeoLive] libgdal-java missing

2022-06-23 Thread edgar . soldin
your welcome, it still needs an installer script or be included in https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/blob/master/bin/setup.sh . see which need to be placed to /usr/lib/jni/libgdalalljni.so /usr/share/java/gdal.jar respectively. do you want me to provide a PR? ..ede On 23.06.2022 21:39,

Re: [OSGeoLive] Desktop Image for OSGeoLive 15

2022-07-08 Thread edgar . soldin
On 08.07.2022 14:58, Brian M Hamlin wrote: On 7/8/22 04:05, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: i tried both. some desktop symbol texts become unreadable. should we add a gradient from the left that darkens it much more or ... ? ..ede richtig ede -  here is the challenge. The width of the dark

[OSGeoLive] libgdal-java missing

2022-06-22 Thread edgar . soldin
hey Angelos, would you mind commenting on https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/ticket/2288 ? thanks ..ede ___ osgeolive mailing list osgeolive@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive

Re: [OSGeoLive] libgdal-java missing

2022-06-22 Thread edgar . soldin
as i got you now, in case i build them should i provide them for you to download and integrate or how do you want to deal with it? thx ..ede On 22.06.2022 17:48, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Hi Ede, Thanks for the reminder, it is now answered. Best, Angelos On 6/22/22 18:00, edgar.sol...@web.de

Re: [OSGeoLive] libgdal-java missing

2022-06-22 Thread edgar . soldin
On 22.06.2022 18:01, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: We can upload the file to download.osgeo.org. Please send me a link and I will upload. will do Then, can you please update your installer and send a pull request? no need. if the files are located at the default locations

Re: [OSGeoLive] libgdal-java missing

2022-06-22 Thread edgar . soldin
On 22.06.2022 21:17, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: On 22.06.2022 18:01, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: We can upload the file to download.osgeo.org. Please send me a link and I will upload. will do done. find the archive on

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
On 17.07.2022 21:21, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote:    see stampa_maglie0.tgz    in http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/15/ i had a look into `http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/15/stampa_maglie0.tgz` but it does _NOT_ contain the map image used to create the firenze background. why did you

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
just added a modified version with a darkened left half (without alpha channel). please consider and comment in the PR https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/335 sunny regards ..ede On 17.07.2022 17:21, Brian M Hamlin wrote: Desktop Art people -   the last nightly build from Athens

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
On 17.07.2022 20:44, Brian M Hamlin wrote: Hi Edgar - good day to you   the original image sources are all from the FOSS4G committee in Italy -- there are many steps to prep the images because the originals have different color encoding and are high resolution. I use a Macintosh from 20

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
hey Brian, can you please provide me with the sources (map pic, osgeo logo, font used for the "15") for the firenze background? i'd like to fix the aliasing issue described on https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/335 afaiu this is going to be the final design as voted on github, or?

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
On 17.07.2022 21:39, Brian M Hamlin wrote: On 7/17/22 12:21, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: On 17.07.2022 20:44, Brian M Hamlin wrote: Hi Edgar - good day to you    the original image sources are all from the FOSS4G committee in Italy -- there are many steps to prep the images because the

Re: [OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

2022-07-17 Thread edgar . soldin
sorry Brian, for this year i'm done. you guys, if you want, take some suggestions from the PR that is online still https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/335 and my observation wrt. the desktop font coloring