Linux Genealogy Install CD 1.0

The GRAMPS Project has released the Linux Genealogy Install CD 1.0. This is the companion CD to the Linux Genealogy Live CD (mentioned here a few weeks ago), which allowed you to run Linux and genealogy programs that run under Linux off of a “Live” CD (meaning you didn’t have to install Linux to your computer, you just put the CD in and booted off of it). This CD allows you to install Linux and the genealogy programs previously mentioned. For more information, please read the developer’s blog.

More information from the developers:

In contrast with the Live CD, this disk allows permanent installation of Linux and genealogical software on your computer’s hard drive. This way you achieve adequate speed and the ability to save your data, and can do real work with your Linux software. In particular, it makes a perfect gift for genealogists who want to work on Linux.

This disc contains a complete Ubuntu installer and, in addition to the regular Breezy, features pre-installed GRAMPS, GeneWeb, and LifeLines applications, as well as GraphViz program to draw pretty graphs in GRAMPS. Everything is similar to the Live CD, except that this is a permanent setup.

To download the CD image, please refer to the bottom of this page (gramps-project.org) for both ftp/http and Bittorent downloads. The Linux Genealogy Live CD was reviewed a few weeks ago at Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.

Linux Genealogy Live CD

A major announcement (and an interesting one) from the GRAMPS Project : The GRAMPS project is proud to announce the first release of the Linux Genealogy Live CD. This disc contains bootable Live Linux environment and added Linux Genealogical software. In particular, it makes a perfect gift for genealogists stuck with other OS-s! With this disc, you can boot and run Linux genealogical (and other) software without touching anything on the hard drive.

This Live CD is based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution, and contains the following genealogy applications:
* GRAMPS
* GeneWeb
* LifeLines

It also contains the GraphViz program for illustration/graphs within GRAMPS

You can download the CD images from links located on this page at the GRAMPS project page.

GRAMPS 2.0.8

GRAMPS 2.0.8 was released hot on the heels of GRAMPS 2.0.7. GRAMPS is a GNOME genealogy program for Linux and FreeBSD that allows you to easily build and keep track of your family tree.

Version 2.0.8 — the “Romani ite domum” release

* Fixed date parsing problem
* Properly install the new “Sharp” CSS file for the web page generator
* Catch error when thumbnailer fails

Source code and packages for Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4, and Mandriva are available for download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps

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