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_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFEF0BC0A for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:01:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com (hapkido.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.122]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4OF1nQ7025924 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:01:51 +0200 Received: from looneymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (lax-green-bigip-5.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB36717E336 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:00:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.101.113] (unknown [66.84.219.53]) by looneymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 805D228216 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46559A7D.9040902@SmokejumperIT.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:00:29 -0500 From: Robert Fischer Organization: Smokejumper Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Teaching bottomline, part 3: what should improve. References: <1179871823.6966.78.camel@Blefuscu> <1179875960.17533.35.camel@rosella.wigram> <20070523104132.GA31982@furbychan.cocan.org> <1179925446.6966.102.camel@Blefuscu> <20070524135159.GA14182@furbychan.cocan.org> In-Reply-To: <20070524135159.GA14182@furbychan.cocan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4655A8DD.004 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; o'reilly:01 23,:98 hacks:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 functional:02 programming:03 guess:04 burn:94 install:05 i'd:05 i'd:05 linux:06 wed:06 Building a Knoppix disk with a custom selection of software and a page that boots whenever its loaded (to explain what you just did to your student's computer and where their Windows went) isn't too bad. I'd suggest the "Knoppix Hacks" book from O'Reilly for help on this. I'd be willing to do this as a moonlighting gig, if someone had some budget to burn. Robert Fischer IT Firefighter Smokejumper Consulting Richard Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:04:06AM -0400, David Teller wrote: > >> That's a non-argument, I'm afraid. You can't demand the (unenthusiastic) >> administrator and all students to install Linux just for one lecture. I >> mean, I guess I could, but for a lecture titled "Algorithmics, >> Functional Programming", that's a bit drastic. >> > > Live CDs might be a solution ... > > Building a custom Live CD isn't too easy, although apparently there > are sites which do it now. > > Rich. > >