[Macpartners] Fall 2005 Getting Started CD release effort underway

[Deb Bowser]

Good morning,

The IS&T CD Release Team has begun planning and production of the sixth 
version of the "Fall 2005 Getting Started CD" for Macintosh, Windows and 
Linux platforms.  Past releases of the CD have been identified by the label 
design; the most recent design was silver with black text with the newest 
IS&T logo.  This year, we are working to create a unique color design for 
the CD.

The History of the CD:
The CD was originally produced to handle the bottleneck of new students who 
arrive at the start of the fall term needing the core software applications 
installed on their computers and was especially helpful to those with slow 
Internet connections.

What has changed:
Today, most students have access to faster Internet connections both on and 
off campus.  Much of the software students need to use comes pre-installed 
on their machines, such as recommended browsers and email clients.  For 
next year, the team plans to look at enhancing services to students in 
terms of software distribution.

The CD release team is currently reviewing the contents to be included on 
the CD. Our goal is to have the CD ready for duplication by the beginning 
of August for distribution in time for back to school.  For more 
information on the CD and the release effort, see the CD Release Notebook 
at http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/mitcd/.  If you have questions or 
suggestions, please contact the team via email at cd-release at mit.edu.

List of applications and versions (Subject to change):
Windows:
Adobe Reader 7
Eudora 6.2.1
FileZilla 2.1.9
Firefox 1.0.4
HostExplorer 6.0.2
iPassConnect 3.30 (if released in time)
Kerberos for Windows (KfW) 2.6.5
Kerberized Line Printer (KLP) 1.0.1 (may go if LPng not ready)?
LPng (if ready)
SecureCRT 4.1.9 (new version) if not in time, current version
SecureFX 2.2.4 (new version)  if not in time, current version
Stretch Break 5.5
TechTime Desktop Client 9.04
TechTime Palm sync client 9.04
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) 5.2.3
VirusScan 8.0i
Virtual Private Network (VPN) 4.6

Macintosh 0S X:
Adobe Reader 7
Eudora 6.2.1
Fetch 4.0.3 (Fetch 5 if released in time)
Firefox 1.0.4
iPassConnect 2.3.7 (if released in time)
Kerberos Extras (covers OS X 10.2 - 10.4)
Kerberized Line Printer (KLPR)
MacZephyr 1.5.4
Stretch Break 4.1
TechTime Desktop Client 9.04
TechTime Palm sync client 9.04
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) 5.2.3
Virex 7.2.1 (Virex 7.7 if available)
Virtual Private Network (VPN) 4.6.x

Linux:
Adobe Reader 5.08
AFS for Red Hat 4
Kerberos config files
LPRng
OpenAFS
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) 5.2
VirusScan 4.2.4
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Zephyr

Regards,
IS&T CD Release Team
Deb Bowser
Atticus Gifford
Jon Reed
Lee Ridgway
Thomas Smith
Christine Verick
Al Willis