Hi, [ I failed to use my mail client properly. Sorry. This message should make it to -devel AND -science now - hopefully ]
On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:05:45PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Michael Hanke wrote: > > Therefore I'd like to ask whether you think that it would be > > reasonable for Debian to provide a virtual machine image with the > > most recent stable release that can be customized to perform a specific > > task on a win32 machine? > > I completely fail to see why a VM image /inside/ debian (as in a debian > package) could be of any benefit to a win32 user. Windows does not > support to install debian packages out of an apt repositories as of now. True, but it wasn't my intention to put it into a package as it would be obviously useless for the target audience. I thought about distributing it along other media (installation CDs/DVDs, Live-CDs). > Assumed, it would be usefull for win32 users, I see two problems: > > * space: a reasonable VM images would be way beyond 100mb, that's to > big. I reasonable selection of neuroimaging tools in a Debian etch VM is approx. 600 MB. That is big, but not too big as this is even less than the size of a CD image. > So, I think this is not so a good idea. > > However, if I were you, I would try to get that image of yours either > into the vmware markedplace[0] or to oszoo[1]. Right, but I can always do this on my own. My intention was to ask whether anyone already did that (and how) or to find interested collaborators. I thought instead of making a Neuroimaging VM only, it might be useful to have one common base where others can make DebianMolekular, DebianPhysics, ... VMs. Perhaps I wasn't precise enough, I'm not looking for a cheap place to distribute a VM. In fact if the whole thing ends up as a wiki page there is little to distribute at all. I still think this could be a way to gain more users, especially in the many science-related area Debian already provides software in its archive. Cheers, Michael -- GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke ICQ: 48230050 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
