.. _Lin4Neuro: http://www.nemotos.net/lin4neuro
.. _fail2ban: http://www.fail2ban.org
+.. Debian releases
+.. _Debian 6.0 (squeeze): http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze
+.. _Debian 7.0 (wheezy): http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy
+
+.. Desktop environments
+.. _GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/
+.. _GNOME3: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/
+.. _XFCE: http://www.xfce.org/
+.. _XFCE4: http://www.xfce.org/
+
.. Functional imaging labs
.. _`functional imaging laboratory`: http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
.. _FMRIB: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk
.. |ITP| replace:: :abbr:`ITP (Intent to Package)`
.. |RFP| replace:: :abbr:`RFP (Request for packaging)`
.. |DBTS| replace:: :abbr:`DBTS (Debian Bug Tracking System)`
-
+.. _debian-installer: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
.. mailing lists
.. _neurodebian-users: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-users
.. _neurodebian-devel: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/neurodebian-devel
just a few mouse clicks (e.g. AFNI_, Caret_, FSL_, PyMVPA_).
.. _virtual machine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine
-.. _AFNI: http://afni.nimh.nih.gov/afni/
-.. _Caret: http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Caret:About
-.. _FSL: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/
-.. _PyMVPA: http://www.pymvpa.org
Downloads
---------
+Stable (6.x series)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Based on current stable `Debian 6.0 (squeeze)`_ release. This VM
+provides a stable, well tested environment with the most of the recent
+releases available from NeuroDebian.
+
* `NeuroDebian 6.0.6 image (32bit)
<http://neuro.debian.net/debian/vm/NeuroDebian_6.0.6_i386.ova>`_ [~559MB]
virtualization support. The should include all recent Apple hardware and most
64bit Windows systems.*
+Development (to be 7.x series)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Based on upcoming `Debian 7.0 (wheezy)`_ release. Although already
+quite stable, there might be outstanding issues. This VM also
+switches from GNOME_ (v.2) desktop environment to XFCE4_. We
+recommend this VM over a stable one for anyone needing recent releases
+of tools not available for the stable VM (e.g. recent pandas) --
+**getting a complete "Scientific Python" stack with 100s of other
+Python modules was never easier**. Moreover your feedback might also
+be valuable to polish upcoming Debian wheezy release and NeuroDebian
+VM 7.0.
+
+* `NeuroDebian 6.999.b4.20121231 image (32bit)
+ <http://neuro.debian.net/debian/vm/NeuroDebian_6.999.b4.20121231_i386.ova>`_ [~656MB]
+
+* `NeuroDebian 6.999.b4.20121231 image (64bit)
+ <http://neuro.debian.net/debian/vm/NeuroDebian_6.999.b4.20121231_amd64.ova>`_ [~660MB]
+
+
+Historical
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
Virtual appliances above carry guest additions for 4.x series of the
VirtualBox. If you still have VirtualBox 3.x, use previous 6.0.2
virtual appliances:
Changes
-------
+6.999.b4.20121231 -- 31 Dec 2012
+
+ * Based on beta 4 release of debian-installer_ for wheezy
+ * Comes with XFCE4_ instead of GNOME_
+
6.0.6 -- 01 Oct 2012
* Updated core system to Debian squeeze 6.0.6
whole operating system, as well as from software updates for
neuroscience-related packages.
-.. _Debian 6.0 (squeeze): http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze
-.. _GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/
Installation
virtualbox-ose-guest-utils virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
and reboot VM.
+
+.. include:: link_names.txt