Vimal, I tend to disagree. From what I get from people on mailing lists that use the DVD is - »I don't know anything about Linux« - »I don't have time to learn« - »I want to run the system without basic knowledge about it«
Of course I do understand that librarians have other things to do than learn GNU/Linux. With proprietary software they would pay a company for support. That is an option for Koha too if there is nobody in-house. The problem is that there is a general misconception about Free and Open Source Software: it is free as in freedom, but using it is not free of cost: either you spend time learning or you spend money on somebody who knows about it. Vimal Kumar V. schrieb am 22.05.2013 > In the case of a library professional, they have no Linux experience. > They need to familiar with Linux desktop. Live DVD can provide > familiarization. There is no need at all to use the »Linux desktop« to run Koha. Servers are usually run headless, meaning no graphical user interface, just a command line. > It give more confidence in them. Later they can learn ABCD's of Linux and > Koha maintenance. I don't think this is neccessarily true. I am under the impression that the DVD is used to actively avoid learning and it is never going to happen once a library decided to use the DVD in production. > Small libraries can run Koha with the help of Koha Live DVD. When > collection grows more, > they can opt manual installation. > Libraries with big collection can go for servers and manual installation. I do not understand what the size of the collection has to do with the way Koha is installed. Even a small library with a tiny collection should use the best Koha possible in production… and that is not a Live DVD. I think this is very misleading and I really hope this (»small-> DVD / big->real installation«) is not the way you are going to promote the Live DVD. I strongly object to this statement and I do not think that it has wide support within the community. As far as I remember, when you ran for Live DVD manager you talked about using the DVD to learn about and test Koha and not use it in production. I consider it very dangerous that you promote that now and I did definitely not vote for that when I voted for you as Live DVD manager. -- Mirko _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
