From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_FAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5EABC37 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:10:10 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgYEAJe8oEpQRFuwWWdsb2JhbACbNQEWFQS+BoQbBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,332,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="35499854" Received: from furbychan.cocan.org ([80.68.91.176]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 16:10:10 +0200 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MjZUO-0006A2-GZ; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:10:08 +0100 Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:10:08 +0100 To: Andrej Bauer Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? Message-ID: <20090904141008.GC22690@annexia.org> References: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> <20090904105505.055ec82e@attale.agematis.loc> <4AA0DEB4.6020307@glondu.net> <7d8707de0909040326x37d455cdi9f480b2b5da96b20@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7d8707de0909040326x37d455cdi9f480b2b5da96b20@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Richard Jones X-Spam: no; 0.00; 0200,:01 andrej:01 command-line:01 2009:98 customized:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 consistent:02 fri:05 bits:05 install:05 install:05 sep:06 linux:07 red:92 On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 12:26:45PM +0200, Andrej Bauer wrote: > I would use batteries and would recommend it to my students if there > were any chance they would succeed installing it. In other words, > batteries is too hard to install. This may not be so on Linux, but > what about Windows (99% of my students use Windows only)? Give them a live CD. There are various online projects where you can create live CDs with a custom set of packages via a webpage.[1] A live CD is actually better than relying on them trying to install something under Windows, because you're guaranteeing a consistent environment. And you can provide them with customized bits too (like the coursework!) If you provide the live CD as both a physical CD and a downloadable ISO, they can even run it virtualized so they don't need to reboot. Rich. [1] Fedora's tool is command-line based: you can use 'appliance-creator' or 'livecd-creator'. http://thincrust.org/ace-examples.html -- Richard Jones Red Hat