>>>>> "GC" == Gabriel Corona <gabriel.cor...@enst-bretagne.fr> writes:
GC> Hi,
>> I am still not convinced that $350 will be a major obstacle.
GC> $350 sound quite a lot to me and buying a whole new computer
GC> for the sake of this seems quite wasteful as well. Buying a
GC> USB key of USB drive would be cheaper. Debian live [1] can
GC> install live systems on USB keys and HDDs as well [2].
GC> You could even install a real Debian system on a HDD drive.
GC> The installation process probably won't be so easy however
GC> (which means you might not want them to do the installation).
>> The Live CDs sounds interesting, but then all configuration is
>> lost, I think, when the CD is rebooted?
GC> You can enable some form of persistence even on Debian live
GC> CDs [3] by using a USB key or a file one of the existing
GC> (NTFS) partition.
GC> You can use /home on a USB key as well.
GC> Another solution is to create the partitions for you Linux
GC> system as files on the disk of the exiting partitions. There
GC> is even a tool for this [4]. It's going to work mush better
GC> than a VM if the computer does not have hardware support for
GC> virtualization and enough RAM. I used this once and the
GC> installation process was very easy.
GC> [1] http://live.debian.net/ [2]
GC> http://live.debian.net/manual/1.x/html/ch03s03.html [3]
GC> http://live.debian.net/manual/1.x/html/persistence.html [4]
GC> https://wiki.debian.org/fr/DebianInstaller/Loader
GC> -- Gabriel
Gabriel,
Thanks for this suggestion. This approach sounds useful. I think I
am going to list a few options with the pros and cons of each and let
the participants decide the approach they want to try. As long as
they have access to a version of Debian with X working for a desktop,
how they achieve that is not necessarily critical.
Marc
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