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From BillPage Thu May 18 20:54:47 -0500 2006
From: Bill Page
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 20:54:47 -0500
Subject: DoyenCD in Mexico
Message-ID: <20060518205447-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>

I am currently in Merida, Mexico at a Physics/Mathematics conference
where I gave one talk on physics (some mathematical physics calculations
in Maple) and another on talk on Axiom´s potential for implementing some
concepts from category theory. Axiom was a BIG hit! Everyone at the
presentation (about 20 people, maybe 1/2 university students) expressed
great interested in Axiom. And when I said I had 5 copies of a CD to
give away containing Axiom, the Doyen Wiki interface, and a bootable
linux, the CDs disappeared ¨like hot cakes¨.  In fact the computer
science department immediately made 10 more copies of the CD for me
to distribute and these where all distributed after my next talk.

BTW, my intended live demo of the physics calculations in Maple
failed during my 2nd talk because of a problem in the Maple license
manager. I had removed the wireless lan card from my laptop because
I didn´t need it during the demo. I did know it at the time, but
this entirely disabled my license for Maple! My conclusion (which
I also included in my talk) was that this was just another
demonstration of why one should prefer open source software.

So if anyone else is planning to distribute copies of the DoyenCD
at a conference be sure to bring lots of copies!

This CD is a great tool with which to promote Axiom. Great work
guys!

From root Thu May 18 21:04:43 -0500 2006
From: root
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 21:04:43 -0500
Subject: DoyenCD in Mexico
Message-ID: <200605190158.k4J1wO617195@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20060518205447-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>
	(mathaction-bounces@axiom-developer.org)

actually, i plan to distribute copies at the ISSAC 2006 conf.
there will be an estimated 150 people there (according to the
organizers). plus i'm giving away some free copies of the axiom
tutorial. wonder if i'll have room for my clothes in the suitcase :-)

t


From M.Edward(Ed)Borasky Wed May 31 22:15:50 -0500 2006
From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:15:50 -0500
Subject: Download Doyen Live-cd
Message-ID: <447E5BC4.1020201@cesmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060422162701-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>

Alfredo -- is there an MD5SUM for the CD somewhere?

alfredo wrote:
> Changes WebSite://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenCD/diff
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> WebSite://alfredo.axiom-developer.org/doyen/doyen-42206.iso
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> --
> forwarded from WebSite://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenCD#msg20060422162701-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org
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>   

-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

WebSite://linuxcapacityplanning.com


From BillPage Thu Jun 1 11:44:53 -0500 2006
From: Bill Page
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:44:53 -0500
Subject: DoyenCD via bittorrent and labels
Message-ID: <20060601114453-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>

I think BitTorrent is a good way to distribute very large
files like 'doyen-42206.iso'. BitTorrent includes a method
similar to MD5SUM to ensure the authenticity of the downloaded
file.

I recently setup BitTorrent servers at both axiom-developer and
the axiom.risc mirror to distribute the binary installer file
for the Windows version of Axiom (see AxiomBinaries). I would
be glad to help someone do this for the DoyenCD if there is
some interest.

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On a related subject: I think it would be real nice if someone
would design a good CD label for the DoyenCD. Giving out
hand-labelled copies of the CD does not seem very "professional"
to me. If someone does this, could you please upload a label
here that we can use when making copies?

From M.Edward(Ed)Borasky Thu Jun 1 22:07:55 -0500 2006
From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:07:55 -0500
Subject: DoyenCD via bittorrent and labels
Message-ID: <447FAB73.7080806@cesmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060601114453-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>

I just downloaded the Doyen CD last night. Given that it's dated April
of 2006, could a more recent version of Axiom be put on it?

-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky


From unknown Fri Jun 2 16:33:04 -0500 2006
From: unknown
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:33:04 -0500
Subject: 
Message-ID: <20060602163304-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>
In-Reply-To: <447FAB73.7080806@cesmail.net>

Hi Ed,

I am currently working on putting a more recent version of Axiom on the Live CD, maybe with an upgrade to Fedora Core 4 or even Core 5. I hope to have this completed by next week.

Regards,

Alfredo Portes

From BillPage Sun Jun 11 07:35:52 -0500 2006
From: Bill Page
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:35:52 -0500
Subject: CD label for DoyenCD (Avery 05931)
Message-ID: <20060611073552-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>

Here is a draft label for the Doyen CD. It is done using the
common Avery Design Pro software that is included with the
Avery CD/DVD label package # 05931.

<a href="doyen1.zdp">doyen1.zdp</a>

From root Tue Jun 20 22:16:13 -0500 2006
From: root
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:16:13 -0500
Subject: Doyen Build 19/06/2006
Message-ID: <200606210308.k5L38vJ11723@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20060620205917-0500@wiki.axiom-developer.org>
	(mathaction-bounces@axiom-developer.org)

Jose, Wilken,

I'm about to start burning Doyen CDs for ISSAC.

I expect to burn about 150 depending on time and success rate.

It would be great if we had a printable page that contains
"introductory information" that I can put in the envelope
with the CD. It should just point out how to start it,
where to find installable programs and what the root password is.
It would help to mention CAISS. In fact, if Gilbert agrees you
could send me a copy of the page on CAISS letterhead and I can
make copies for insertion. That's up to Gilbert but I think the
exposure at ISSAC is important both for your careers and CAISS.

I'm going to use the HP LightScribe CD (the one that burns a
label directly onto the CD) so it all looks professional.

Assuming you have no objections the CD will have both of your 
names burned in front surface. Let me know if this is ok.

--t