In order to promote usage of Parrot and related technologies, we're creating a virtual appliance.  Details follow.

Requirements

 * Ubuntu 8.10
 * build/devel utilities, including ccache, gcc, make, vim, emacs, apache, svn, git
 * Parrot package
 * Rakudo package
 * installed docs
 * working copies of parrot, mod_parrot, pugs, rakudo, pipp, partcl, November, perl6-examples, etc.
 * prophet, sd, with offline-accessible, cron-synchronized hiveminder, rt, and trac queues
 * more?
 * available on ftp.parrot.org