Hi, Thanks Cameron for the draft, I also made some minor edits. I agree with Hamish that we need a link to the errata page and/or trac instance.
Best, Angelos On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 23/08/2014 5:22 pm, Hamish wrote: >> >> Cameron wrote: >>> >>> I've taken a first cut at our 8.0 press release. (Trying to keep it >>> brief so that it gets read). >>> >>> Am I missing anything? Any extra we need to mention in the Release >>> Highlights: >>> >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_54#Release_Highlights >> >> >> Hi, thanks for doing that. I've just fixed a few small typos & such. > > Thanks > >> some small comments: >> - a direct link to the download page? > > added link to http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html > >> - some quantification from Alex's stats about how hundreds of people are >> downloading and using it every week? > > > Good idea. Alex? > >> - maybe it's not the right place to link to the errata page*, but what >> is? > > Probably here: http://live.osgeo.org/en/contact.html ? > >> - mention somewhere/expand on that it runs on a wide array of PC and Mac >> hardware with no drivers or anything else to install, not touching your >> existing hard drives at all? unless you want it to. > > Tweaked "About OSGeo-Live" slightly to say can be "trialed without > installing anything". > >> >> >> Today I've tested some with a burn to a DVD (I got an i/o error verifying >> the disc but I think it's a burner/media issue not one with the iso), and >> also tested on a 4gb usb without persistence space (we are big this time, so >> no hope for that unless you have an 8gb+ usb). >> >> >> [*] Errata page established, testing keeps turning up little things.. >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/8.0 > > Thanks, I suggest providing a link to the problem report, so people can > check to see the progress of the issue (maybe even fix it for us). >> >> >> >> regards, >> Hamish > > > -- > Cameron Shorter, > Software and Data Solutions Manager > LISAsoft > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, > 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > > P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
