On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Jorge G. Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Howdy, > > I think there is a misunderstanding: we are not talking about a Haiku demo > distro, image or CD. > > We are talking about a demo package with certain (email, people, audio and > video) files, and perhaps queries and apps, that can be useful for the > purpose demoing Haiku at conferences/shows/ug meetings, to friends at home, > or to colleagues at the office. > > There is absolutely no need to create yet another Haiku image/distro just > for this; a ZIP package with all the demo files that people can download to > their existing Haiku installation is just fine. > > Cheers, > > Koki That's funny, you did answer the minute I sent my email :) Right, sorry for the misunderstanding! A demo disk image, gotcha. These might be of use in conjunction with the factory disk images: http://www.haikuware.com/view-details/development/app-installation/formatted-bootable-vmware-images Could maybe include a vmx file to load both the demo package and Haiku's VM. Or a plain old zip file with files would do too. Good luck. > > Karl vom Dorff wrote: > >> Could change the boot graphics to 'Haiku Demo Kit' and 'About' application >> and such... This is probably a definite must for something like this, to >> distinguish if from the official builds.. >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Karl vom Dorff <karl@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto: >> karl@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> I could take Senryu and convert it back to a Haiku disk image like >> it was before. Already contains a lot of applications that work, >> and is set up in an intuitive manner. >> >> Adding media to it would be easy, just tell me what you want to >> see on it, and I could probably have it done in a couple hours. >> >> I think along with it, you'd need to distribute a 'quick guide to >> Haiku' on the desktop... >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Lawrence Debow >> <led@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:led@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> i have been lurking here watching and listening. my company's >> BeOS background dates back many years but I am not a Developer >> (they have all moved on!) : ( with that said, what tools >> are required? I would be very interested in doing this if the >> tools to be used are fairly user friendly, et al >> >> Lawrence >> >> >> On Jun 23, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Olivier Coursière wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> Do you want to volonteer ? :) >> >> Well, not really : as i am a "potential" developper and as >> Jorge said, it could be an opportunity for a non >> developer. But, if we have less people at RMLL than at >> FOSDEM (i don't really hope so :-), i will start creating >> and collecting files. I have already a few files from FOSDEM. >> >> I usually use this album from jamendo for my demos: >> http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/2964 >> >> Now, i understand why : Amiga one day, Amiga for ever :-) >> >> Olivier >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Karl vom Dorff >> B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor) >> >> http://www.karlvd.com >> http://www.clubloreley.org >> http://www.haikuware.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Karl vom Dorff >> B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor) >> >> http://www.karlvd.com >> http://www.clubloreley.org >> http://www.haikuware.com >> > > > -- Karl vom Dorff B.Sc (Hons) Biology, (German minor) http://www.karlvd.com http://www.clubloreley.org http://www.haikuware.com