Animesh from Goa is interested in getting more feedback and suggestions on the customized engineering distro project. Remember! Sameer! if you also share your notes we can quickly arrive at some plan and start the work.

Nagarjuna

----- Forwarded message from "Animesh N.Nerurkar" banduji@goatelecom.com -----

The following link points to the thread that ran on the ilug-bom list. I and Sameer (iitb) took some notes. I couldn't get the notes at the moment. The project is very important and should be taken up. I need at least one person who could commit to this task. If any one one from goa could do it, that will be great.

http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/oldarchives/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20010219/thread.html#3839

i had a look at the abov link, dnlded some more related mail (similar subject lines :) from same location. did not find any concept notes :( cud u help me out here plz?

have compiled a list of some pkgs --mostly from the LIG-BOM archives + some of my own. plz add more. i have attempted to categorise them tho these categories may need to be revamped/overhauled as i'm from auto. bakground and not very well versed with other branches of engg or their needs.

================================= # OS (deb) OS docs kernel docs stds. docs tutorials

# H/w drivers dev/Programming: gcc as prolog emacs KDevelop

# RAD Tools: VisualTcl

# Application dev/Programming: Python Tcl/Tk gcc as Prolog emacs

# ANN/AI Tools: Prolog

# Electronics Engg: Spice (analog circuit simulation) Varkon (CAD) BruseY20 (VHDL generator) VGUI (Block diagram to VHDL) SAVANT (VHDL Simulator) Alliance (Complete set of VLSI tools)

something for: CAM/gerber post processing FPGA design package VLSI design package

# RDBMS + Frontends + admin tools: PostGreSQL MySQL PgAccess Tcl/Tk Perl5 PHP PHP MyAdmin (Administrative interface for MySQL and Postgres in PHP) PHPPgAdmin (Administrative interface for MySQL and Postgres in PHP)

# Chem engg: molecular manipulation software

# Mech/Auto engg : Varkon (CAD) CAM FEA package 3D rendering Tool

# Comp. Engg: expat (an xml parser) jboss (an EJB container) mico (CORBA implementation) BONOBO ACE + TAO ethereal ( network protocol analyser great for learning abt network protocols) nmap (arguably the best port scanner around) nessus (great for demonstrating basic security issues) Beowulf (PVM/MPI)

# Web: Apache PHP Perl5 Webmin CGI Scripting

# Civil Engg: Varkon (CAD) Grass5 (GIS) some vehicular traffic analysis/simulation tools

# for all: GnuCash Gnumeric Abiword majicpoint multimedia tools as presentations/teaching aids

# Publishing sgml tools jade stylesheets docbook tex/latex yacc flex bison

# General simulators for all abov tutorials for all abov Documentation for all abov ==========================

conclusion: most of existing deb pkgs wud have to be included. some additional pkgs wud need to be added. end result will be a deb pkg that wud be larger than the orig. distro :)

deb 2.2r5 is 3 CDs. add another CD for additional pkgs, tutorials and docs (english) --i can list specific docs if u wish :)