Hi,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/27/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eli Billauer</b> <<a href="mailto:eli@billauer.co.il">eli@billauer.co.il</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello,<br> <br> <br> To begin with, I find the expressions "Insta party" and "Linux party"<br> somewhat, uhhm, wrong. I've been in several such "parties" and for some<br> reason, it didn't look very jolly, for some reason. More like a lot of<br>
pale faces staring on screens. How about "meeting the gurus"? ;)</blockquote><div><br>This is how it started: <br><a href="http://stason.org/TULARC/os/linux-install.html">http://stason.org/TULARC/os/linux-install.html</a><br>
<br>I don't understand why the name sounds wrong.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Anyhow, I would like to suggest the following trick: The student pushes<br>
his or her Disk on Key to the lab's computer, and the computer installs<br> a bootable lightweight distro, which includes everything needed for<br> development (including Openoffice). Plus their own home directory. And<br>
yes, I know I touch a sensitive, yet fixable issue here (USB sticks).</blockquote><div><br>A DoK is not a solution, but a way to prevent a "problem". Many students do that nowadays, and still want to know Linux better and/or get in trouble with Linux and development tools. In addition to that, if you want to develop in Linux, I find this extra-hardware solution quite awkward. <br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Assuming that it will be well crafted, this means that this student can<br> now plug this key on ANY computer, and go on working. The data will be<br>
stored on the Disk on Key, so this should be plug-and-go. Buying a USB<br> stick for this purpose sounds reasonable for the purpose of programming<br> Java at your grandma's.</blockquote><div><br>So, instead of dealing with the "problem" (Linux installation for all kind of uses), we tell them to pay extra money for a DoK? That's quite a good way to make them leave Linux as soon as they finish their courses, and in the meantime struggling with all kind of problems. We haven't really solved any problem.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> This will solve all the compatibility issues. Main headache: To make<br> it work.</blockquote>
<div><br>So we're back to the beginning point - we need to make things work. If it was that easy, no DoK should have been suggested. <br></div><br>Adir<br><br></div><br>