On Wednesday 27 November 2002 21:06, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 23:01, Alexander Maryanovsky wrote: > > >If anyone knows how to build a "custom" RedHat install CD set with > > >add/replaced packages kindly contact me in person. > > > > Why not share it with the list? I for one would love to get my hands on a > > distro specifically customized for Hebrew speaking users and/or Israeli > > residents. > > Of course the results will be shared with anyone who wants it. > > Anyway, my plan was simply to replace the openoffice version shipped > with RH8.0 with the latest developers released or the bidi-openoffice > version and add a couple of RPMs of the culmous free Hebrew fonts and > the ADSL conenct scripts (and maybe a custom background :-) but nothing > more then that. > > AFAIK there is a project by Meir Kricheli and others to build something > closer to what you want but it was my impression that it's still not in > a state to install it on some complete newbie machine. 'd love to be > correct on this one... > > Gilad.
Not it is not ready yet, we still have a long way to go. > > Alexander Maryanovsky. > > > > At 21:02 27.11.2002 +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > > >Now you can - Introducing the Linux installation and demonstration > > >party for lawyers, hosted by the Israeli bar... :-) > > > > > >Where: Somewhere in Tel-Aviv, I'm still not sure where. > > > > > >When: December 2nd, 15:30. > > > > > >What: > > > > > >Recently the Israeli bar have passed a decision to use Open Source > > >Software as much as possible for their activities. To help promote this > > >great idea Adv. Haim Ravia has organised a Linux installation party and > > >demonstration as part of a law confrence held by the bar (he will also > > >give a lecture about the legal implications of Open Source at said > > >confrence). He has asked our help in organising the event. > > > > > >Details: > > > > > >Because of the obviously non technical crowd involved we've decided to > > >settle on a default configuration of RedHat 8.0. This does not mean that > > >if someone will insist of having anything else installed we would say > > >no, just that for simplicity we would default to installing this > > >specific distribution and not ask the victim^H^H^H^H client what to > > >install. Remember - these people has no idea what Linux is at all... > > > > > >We also want to add some helpful specific applications, like OpenOffice > > >with bidi support beta, ADSL connection scripts , the free Hebrew fonts > > >etc. If anyone knows how to build a "custom" RedHat install CD set with > > >add/replaced packages kindly contact me in person. > > > > > >In addition to installing Linux for anyone interested, we also thought > > >to have a demonstration display of "Linux in action" that will include > > >bidi-OpenOffice and usinh Linux for email and web surfing. Thanks to the > > >efforts of Shachar Shemesh we will also demonstrate at the event the > > >legal software Pad-Or running under Wine (don't worry, the copy we use > > >has been given us by Pad-Or themselves for this specific purpose and > > >they helped Shcahr get it working too :-) . If anyone has any additional > > >ideas for demonstration *that would be attractive to lawyers* kindly let > > >me know. > > > > > >Cheers, > > >Gilad. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >http://benyossef.com > > > > > > "Geeks rock bands cool name #8192: RAID against the machine" > > > > > > > > >================================================================= > > >To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > >the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > >echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Meir Kriheli MKsoft systems http://www.mksoft.co.il ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
