dramatic usability improvements to Ubuntu based software appliances

[Liraz Siri]

Woops, that was supposed to go to ubuntu-news-team not ubuntu-devel-discuss!

Liraz Siri wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I am one of the developers behind TurnKey Linux, an opensource project 
> that is developing a family of Ubuntu-based installable Live CDs which 
> are pre-integrated for specific usage scenarios while optimizing for 
> ease of use.
> 
> The Ubuntu Weekly News team covered our project a month and a half ago 
> when we launched.
> 
> The response we got from the Ubuntu community was fantastic, and we used 
> the feedback to guide our efforts as while working the kinks out of our 
> current crop of appliances.
> 
> Our main focus has been to try and figure out how to dramatically
> improve the usability of the handful of appliances we have released so
> that they appeal to a much wider audience (e.g., not everybody likes
> mucking around with the command line).
> 
> We are proud to announce that recently released versions of our Lamp,
> Joomla, Drupal appliances now feature:
> 
> * easy to use configuration console (written from scratch in Python)
> * a beautiful web administration interface
> * auto-login while in demo/live mode
> * root password configuration during installation
> 
> As usual, detailed information, screenshots and release notes is 
> available in the appliances section on our website:
> 
> http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances
> 
> Launchpad blueprints for this release can be found at:
> 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/turnkeylinux/2008.10.17-hardy-x86
> 
> The news release on our website can be found at:
> 
> http://www.turnkeylinux.org/news/new-releases-feature-dramatic-usability-improvements 
> 
> 
> Do you think it would be appropriate to cover our progress in Ubuntu 
> Weekly News?
> 
> Cheers,
> Liraz
>