TheOpenCD 1.4 Released

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TheOpenCD 1.4 Released


'TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open
Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover
the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations,
e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation.'


http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/

Note the site is currently being slashdotted into oblivion.
Try later!

Regards
Gordon
 
TheOpenCD 1.4 Released


'TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open
Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover
the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations,
e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation.'


http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/

Note the site is currently being slashdotted into oblivion.
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Or try the google cache
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:tOiYEJHkZXwJ:www.theopencd.org/+theopencd&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

BitTorrent mirror
http://limpet.net/files/TheOpenCD-1.2.iso.torrent

Regards
Gordon
 
Wonder where they got the idea for this from....... :o\
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Actually they were the first. But, what the heck, the more the merrier.
Note that the stuff on the OpenCD is not just freeware but all open
source.

Regards
Gordon
 
Steven Burn said:
Wonder where they got the idea for this from....... :o\

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
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All I got by clicking the above URL was "Unable to retrieve message"

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Frank Bohan
¶ Nostalgia is living life in the past lane.
 
Gordon said:
Actually they were the first. But, what the heck, the more the merrier.
Note that the stuff on the OpenCD is not just freeware but all open
source.
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But which CD is *better*? Inquiring minds want to know. . .

dunno if it's the current version but there's a list of the 18 OpenCD
programs here:

http://www.italsel.com/the+opencd.html

I compared that to ACF's list of included programs - here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004ProgramIndexCD.php

These are the programs on the OpenCD that are *not* on the PW2004 CD:

# Celestia
# Crack-Attack!
# NetTime
# ReallySlick
# WinPT
# YASC

I'm not going to do the *much* longer list of apps the PW2004 CD has and
their CD doesn't. We win! ;)

Susan
 
Susan said:
(snip)
These are the programs on the OpenCD that are *not* on the PW2004 CD:

# Celestia
# Crack-Attack!
# NetTime
# ReallySlick
# WinPT
# YASC

I'm not going to do the *much* longer list of apps the PW2004 CD has and
their CD doesn't. We win! ;)
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Surprised that Celestia isn't Pricelessware. It's the most amazing
program I've ever seen on a personal computer. YMMV
 
(quantity not quality?)
Surprised that Celestia isn't Pricelessware. It's the most amazing
program I've ever seen on a personal computer. YMMV
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In today's age, I find it puzzling that neither one has anything worthwhile
regarding server software or programming compilers.
 
But which CD is *better*? Inquiring minds want to know. . .

dunno if it's the current version but there's a list of the 18 OpenCD
programs here:

http://www.italsel.com/the+opencd.html
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http://www.theopencd.net/programs-v1.4/

Office & Design
OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, PDFCreator, GIMP

Internet & Communication
Mozilla, Miranda IM, FileZilla, TightVNC, WinHTTrack, PuTTY

Multimedia & Games
Audacity, CDex, Tux Paint, Crack Attack!, Sokoban YASC,
Neverball, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers

Utilities & Other
7-Zip, SciTE, WinPT, NetTime

I compared that to ACF's list of included programs - here:

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004ProgramIndexCD.php

These are the programs on the OpenCD that are *not* on the PW2004 CD:

# Celestia
# Crack-Attack!
# NetTime
# ReallySlick
# WinPT
# YASC

I'm not going to do the *much* longer list of apps the PW2004 CD has and
their CD doesn't. We win! ;)

Susan
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Don't want to detract from all the great work you've done Susan but I
don't think one is better than the other really. They are both "best of
breed" but aimed at different targets. The OpenCD is more of an
evangelical tool for the OpenSource movement. Pricelessware is just great
software!

Anyway, as I said, the more the merrier!

Some working links (at the moment)

Direct d/l link (273.126KB)
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/OpenCD/releases/1.4/iso/TheOpenCD-v1.4.iso.zip
MD5 checksum
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/OpenCD/releases/1.4/iso/TheOpenCD-v1.4.iso.zip.md5

Enhanced clipart installer
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/OpenCD/resources/extras/
Neverball win32 installer
ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pc/OpenCD/resources/installers/

Other mirrors
http://www.theopencd.net/mirrors.php

All the best
Gordon
 
(quantity not quality?)


In today's age, I find it puzzling that neither one has anything worthwhile
regarding server software or programming compilers.
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You want to start a project? Seriously, I'd very much agree that a CD of
OpenSource (or freeware) software development tools would be a great idea.

A great resource was the BURKS (Brighton University Resource Kit For
Students) which was a 4 CD set (http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/) but hasn't
been updated since 2001. It contained a vast range of compilers for
languages from Ada to Haskell and vast amounts of tutorials. Available
on-line or purchase very cheaply. I'm not aware of anything similar that's
current/up-to-date nor any current similar project. Maybe we all need to
email the OpenCD.org with suggestions!

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon Darling said:
A great resource was the BURKS (Brighton University Resource Kit For
Students) which was a 4 CD set (http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/) but hasn't
been updated since 2001. It contained a vast range of compilers for
languages from Ada to Haskell and vast amounts of tutorials. Available
on-line or purchase very cheaply. I'm not aware of anything similar that's
current/up-to-date nor any current similar project. Maybe we all need to
email the OpenCD.org with suggestions!
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I was all excited about the CD you mentioned until I saw the following;

"The software on this CD is taken from various public archive sites around
the world. Much of the software is offered as shareware, which means that
you can use it for evaluation purposes for a trial period and must then pay
for it if you want to carry on using it. Read the licensing details supplied
with the software for details. "

URL: http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/software/index.htm

Suddenly, their CD doesn't seem such a good deal.

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
Nope. They mirrored all the content but only made the Cds available by
post (I live 15 miles away so that wasn't a problem!)
I was all excited about the CD you mentioned until I saw the following;

"The software on this CD is taken from various public archive sites around
the world. Much of the software is offered as shareware, which means that
you can use it for evaluation purposes for a trial period and must then pay
for it if you want to carry on using it. Read the licensing details supplied
with the software for details. "

URL: http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/software/index.htm
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Yep, it was a mixture but much was open source and freeware. I was
pointing this out as an example of what could be done more than anything.
In fact it's really the only example of this kind of thing I've ever seen.
A CD set put together specifically for computer science students with
programming resources (compilers, linkers, tutorials, textbooks, etc).

All the stuff is still mirrored but horrendously out of date. But
something like this done by an organisation like OpenCD.org would be a
great idea.

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon Darling said:
All the stuff is still mirrored but horrendously out of date. But
something like this done by an organisation like OpenCD.org would be a
great idea.
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Would definately be a good idea....

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
Would definately be a good idea....
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After I posted this I suddenly envisaged the horrendous flame wars that
would arise over which personal favourite language had been left off the
the CD, which was the best compiler, etc, etc. <g>

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon Darling said:
After I posted this I suddenly envisaged the horrendous flame wars that
would arise over which personal favourite language had been left off the
the CD, which was the best compiler, etc, etc. <g>
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Roflmao......

The way I see it, there is no "best" or "worst"........ it's all a matter of
personal taste ;o) (if people don't like that then tough)

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
 
John said:
Surprised that Celestia isn't Pricelessware. It's the most amazing
program I've ever seen on a personal computer. YMMV
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First it has to be nominated. . . ;)

For anyone who is are wondering about this program. . .

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience
our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software,
Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel
throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even
beyond the galaxy. All travel in Celestia is seamless; the exponential
zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from
galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A
'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the
universe to the object you want to visit.

Celestia 1.3.1 29 Dec 2003
Just in time for the new year, Celestia 1.3.1 is ready

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html

Windows Binary Package (11 megabytes) : celestia-win32-1.3.1-1.exe
If want to run Celestia on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, or NT 4.0, this
is the only file you need.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/celestia/celestia-win32-1.3.1-1.exe

If you have a graphics card with less than 16 megs of memory, the
Celestia package with low resolution textures is only 4.5 megabytes and
will run better on your system.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/celestia/celestia-lores-win32-1.3.0.exe

versions also available for Linux and MacOS X

Susan
 
Don't want to detract from all the great work you've done Susan but I
don't think one is better than the other really. They are both "best of
breed" but aimed at different targets. The OpenCD is more of an
evangelical tool for the OpenSource movement. Pricelessware is just great
software!
Click to expand...

IMO a little competitive spirit is good - that was just my own personal
*totally* *unbiased* opinion. YMMV ;)

hmmm. . . IMO the PW CD is also an evangelical tool - for ACF.
Anyway, as I said, the more the merrier!
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I agree! :)

Susan
 
Gordon said:
You want to start a project? Seriously, I'd very much agree that a CD of
OpenSource (or freeware) software development tools would be a great idea.

A great resource was the BURKS (Brighton University Resource Kit For
Students) which was a 4 CD set (http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/) but hasn't
been updated since 2001. It contained a vast range of compilers for
languages from Ada to Haskell and vast amounts of tutorials. Available
on-line or purchase very cheaply. I'm not aware of anything similar that's
current/up-to-date nor any current similar project. Maybe we all need to
email the OpenCD.org with suggestions!
Click to expand...

Why not do it in alt.comp.freeware?

Susan
 
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