Re: making live CDs for EclipseCon

[Ben Konrath <ben bagu org>]

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:55:03 -0500, Luis Villa wrote:

> [I'd definitely suggest adding java-gnome:
> http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/bin/view/Main/GetJavaGnome
> 
> as well.]

Yeah, that was my plan. I'm going to add the java-gnome eclipse plugin
that I hacked up too. 

>> Anyway, the CDs that were handed out at GUADEC last year were kinda
>> slick because they had a nice pretty graphic. Does anybody know how they
>> were made or where the graphic came from?
> 
> Hrm. Not sure how the GUADEC liveCD images were made; I'm guessing
> they were expensive (because of the color); inkscape plus some tracing
> made for a nice-looking and cheap liveCD for LWE Boston last year.

Did you burn them and print the image with an inkjet printer yourself or
did you use a duplication service?

> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLiveCd
> 
> has all the instructions I have used in the past to generate liveCDs;
> I admit I have not tested them with Ubuntu Dapper so I don't know how
> well they work right now.

Thanks, I'll update the wiki if I find any problems.

Ben