Linux Genealogy CD - Revision history

Romjerome: /* Obtaining the CD */

2013-04-03T14:53:24Z

‎Obtaining the CD

Patsyblefebre: Gramps

2013-01-28T00:59:31Z

Gramps

Patsyblefebre: Gramps

2013-01-17T09:13:49Z

Gramps

Daleathan: /* Translations */

2012-09-01T11:27:26Z

‎Translations

Romjerome: avoid broken links

2012-09-01T07:56:11Z

avoid broken links

Romjerome: /* Developers */

2012-09-01T07:46:23Z

‎Developers

Daleathan: /* Ways to go ? */

2012-04-09T04:11:47Z

‎Ways to go ?

Daleathan at 04:10, 9 April 2012

2012-04-09T04:10:34Z

Daleathan: /* LibreOffice */

2011-11-23T00:26:14Z

‎LibreOffice

Distroman: /* Obtaining the CD */

2011-09-23T07:19:50Z

‎Obtaining the CD

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 ==Obtaining the CD==
 The CD can be obtained via:
-* The SourceForge, [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/3.2.5/ Gramps download page]
+* Current and previous versions of the CD are also stored on [http://www.gramps-project.org/cdrom Gramps website]
 * Centralized download. Thanks to the hosting kindly donated to Gramps, the CD images can be downloaded via:
 ** [http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ http] protocol.
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 * Purchase a CD. An alternative to downloading the CD image is to purchase the physical CD. The CD is currently available for purchase from [http://fstore.roitman.org/ USA].
 == Developers ==

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 There is a [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Required_software#OpenEmbedded.27s_Software_Requirements script] for [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Main_Page OpenEmbedded] support or [http://www.buildroot.org/ buildroot], [http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool crosstool-NG], [http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/index_en.html PTXdist], ...
-* Our [[GEPS_013:_GRAMPS_Webapp|Web Application]] as a local application.
+* Our [[GEPS_013: Gramps Webapp|Web Application]] as a local application.
 * Provide more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software FLOSS] software: [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Other_genealogy_software programs], [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Other_genealogy_tools tools].

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 Includes the following pre-installed genealogy software:
-*'''GRAMPS''' 3.2.5
+*'''Gramps''' 3.2.5
-As well as [http://www.graphviz.org/ GraphViz] the program that draws pretty charts and graphs in GRAMPS.
+As well as [http://www.graphviz.org/ GraphViz] the program that draws pretty charts and graphs in Gramps.
 This Live CD is based on [https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/ Ubuntu 10.10 (The Maverick Meerkat )] Desktop CD.
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 ==Obtaining the CD==
 The CD can be obtained via:
-* The SourceForge, [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/3.2.5/ GRAMPS download page]
+* The SourceForge, [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/3.2.5/ Gramps download page]
-* Centralized download. Thanks to the hosting kindly donated to GRAMPS, the CD images can be downloaded via:
+* Centralized download. Thanks to the hosting kindly donated to Gramps, the CD images can be downloaded via:
 ** [http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ http] protocol.
 ** [ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ ftp] protocol.

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 If after installation, your desktop is not fully translated to your selected locale:
 # have a look at Menu -> System -> Administration -> Languages support [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/precise/language-selector]
-# or manualy [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/precise/all/translations/ download packages with your language code]. Then under a console:
+# or manually [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/precise/all/translations/ download packages with your language code]. Then under a console:
   $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

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 If after installation, your desktop is not fully translated to your selected locale:
-# have a look at Menu -> System -> Administration -> Languages support [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/maverick/language-selector]
+# have a look at Menu -> System -> Administration -> Languages support [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/precise/language-selector]
-# or manualy [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/maverick/all/translations/ download packages with your language code]. Then under a console:
+# or manualy [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/precise/all/translations/ download packages with your language code]. Then under a console:
   $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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 *[http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice 3.x]
 [[Category:Documentation]]

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 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps-cd/ - Sources for Live CD
-* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/uck Ubuntu Customization Kit] is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs. You can add any package to the live system like, for example, language packs, applications, etc.
+* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/uck Ubuntu Customization Kit] is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs. You can add any package to the live system like, for example, language packs, applications, etc.
 === Ways to go ? ===

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 * A genealogy tablet ?
+** I wouldn't dream of doing genealogy research without a real keyboard and a big monitor.
--- I wouldn't dream of doing genealogy research without a real keyboard and a big monitor.
+** A tablet may be useful for presentations (showing off).  Figuring out how to install gramps (a subset) on an iPad or a Honeycomb tablet (Jython?) might be a better use of time than spinning a custom system.
+** OTOH, making a nice UI for a tablet would be an interesting project. (I can just see a bunch of people I know futzing with Gramps during sacrament meeting. <g>)
--- A tablet may be useful for presentations (showing off).  Figuring out how to install gramps (a subset) on an iPad or a Honeycomb tablet (Jython?) might be a better use of time than spinning a custom system.
-−
--- OTOH, making a nice UI for a tablet would be an interesting project. (I can just see a bunch of people I know futzing with Gramps during sacrament meeting. <g>)
 There is a [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Required_software#OpenEmbedded.27s_Software_Requirements script] for [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Main_Page OpenEmbedded] support or [http://www.buildroot.org/ buildroot], [http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool crosstool-NG], [http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/index_en.html PTXdist], ...
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 * Provide more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software FLOSS] software: [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Other_genealogy_software programs], [http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Other_genealogy_tools tools].
-* Consider Lubuntu as a base instead of the full (fat!) Ubuntu.
+* Consider Lubuntu or Xbuntu as a base instead of the full (fat!) Ubuntu.
 * The people I would share this with would want it to include PAF (works with wine) and Family Search Indexing (I still have to try this.)

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 === OpenOffice ===
-[http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/maverick/openoffice.org-l10n-3.2 Lang pack] for OpenOffice 3.2.1.
+*[http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/maverick/openoffice.org-l10n-3.2 Lang pack] for OpenOffice 3.2.1.
 (require [http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/maverick/openoffice.org-l10n-common openoffice.org-l10n-common])
 [[Category:Documentation]]

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 === LibreOffice ===
-[http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice 3.3 ]
+*[http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice 3.x]
 === OpenOffice ===

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 * BitTorrent download. Use these files to download and verify the CD image via BitTorrent: [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.torrent torrent file], [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum its md5sum], and [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum.gpg its gpg signature]. Please keep in mind that the torrent downloads are provided by a few kind souls from their personal computers and that the speed and the very availability of the torrents depends entirely on them.
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-* Purchase a CD. An alternative to downloading the CD image is to purchase the physical CD. The CD is currently available for purchase in [http://www.cdfhs.org.au/zenshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=16 Australia] and the [http://fstore.roitman.org/ USA].
+* Purchase a CD. An alternative to downloading the CD image is to purchase the physical CD. The CD is currently available for purchase from [http://fstore.roitman.org/ USA].
 * Current and previous versions of the CD are also stored on [http://www.gramps-project.org/cdrom Gramps website]