"for storage of raw and project related material, i think i will suggest using external (usb) harddisks, to be independent of particular machines and avoid network clogging."
I would do some testing before you commit to live cd and usb storage. Depending on how much ram each machine has it would probably be pretty choppy. "Before making your students installing Linux as a Windows/Mac replacement or with dual boot you need to have them *really* convinced Linux is the way to go. To get there is long and hard." I don't think you have to be to evangelical about it after all there is a certain cool wow factor that I have found to impress evan the most jaded. A classroom is not a democracy. I would devote the first session to transitioning and familiarization with the environment. There's lots of resources online for win/mac to linux transition/familiarization. Then test them on knowlege essentials mainly filesystem structures and basic basic commandline operands. When I'm showing someone completely unfamiliar I like to open a window go to the top directory " / " hit return and make the statement "Here is the most organized filing cabinet you will ever encounter. Everything it does or you will ever need is here. Guess where your stuff will be? /home ." Instead of a C: drive or "My network whatever" that everything is a file is a hard concept for some to grasp. "meanwhile, i have tested artistx live (just a little), looks good. still installing and testing debian, wondering what might be the (dis)advantages of live systems for video production education?" A basic debian install is kind of dry, aestheticly, and system wise a bit bare bones. I would save that for an advanced class. Wow factor is important and I think you are better off with Artistx or a Gentoo based sytem that has good Cinelerra repositories is Sabayon. Very stable drop dead gorgeous and all the multimedia codecs including libdvdcss for dvd playback. http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ Daniel On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Raffaella Traniello < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Georg! > > > any ideas what model might suit the needs of almost-grown-up students > > (age around 18 years)? analog and dv in/out would be great, > > durability is important, what else matters? > > For long shootings you need an external battery charger (so you can keep > shooting with the spare battery). At school I use it a lot. > > > meanwhile, i have tested artistx live (just a little), looks good. > > still installing and testing debian, wondering what might be > > the (dis)advantages of live systems for video production education? > > Before making your students installing Linux as a Windows/Mac > replacement or with dual boot you need to have them *really* convinced > Linux is the way to go. > To get there is long and hard. > > With a live CD they can use Linux at home also if they are not so > convinced. The more they use it at home the quicker they get *really* > convinced. > > Ciao! > Raffalla > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >
