---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <libsit...@gmail.com> Date: 22 May 2013 11:08 Subject: Re: [Koha] Live DVD (Was: Master-password (katikoan) and Live-DVD To: Mirko <5...@gmx.de>
sorry just hit the reply button without realizing that it was direct to you. I would love to share my experience with everyone On 22 May 2013 11:00, Mirko <5...@gmx.de> wrote: > Chrispin, > > Chrispin Simasiku Sitali schrieb am 22.05.2013 > > Well, to be honest I really benefited from Live DVD. I am a librarian who > > had no prior experience about linux. The live DVD assisted me a lot to > > learn about Koha itself and the internal plumbing of linux. I am a self > > taught koha and linux user. I remember at KohaCon12 in Edinburgh, > Scotland > > asking MJ and Chris Cormack about the possibility of a Koha Lived at the > > conference. No, was the asnswer. Thanks to Mr Olugbenga Adara of Nigeria > > and to my own persistence I taught my self. So it was the Live DVD, the > > Koha mailing list and my own willingness to learn. > > > > So if you ask me today, I am able to install Koha on a server with GUI or > > not, configure them properly for LAN or internet access and do training. > I > > introduced Koha in all the teacher training colleges under the Ministry > of > > Education, including the three new universities Nkrumah, Mukuba, NISTCOL > > and at the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), > > > > I wouldn't strike the Live DVD off. Its a very nice tool to begin with, > so > > please dont shoot it down! > > > > thank you very much for sharing your positive experience! I'm happy > that you were able to learn thanks to the Live DVD. I'd love to read > more experiences like yours if people have them. :) > > It is not my intention to shoot down the Live DVD. If it is used to > actively learn your ways around the system (Koha and GNU/Linux) that > is fantastic and exactly the way I would like to see it used. > > What I consider problematic is to encourage its productive use as a > long term option. Not only will it lead to outdated systems, but > also to problems regarding community support, as it is not used by > developers and there might be problems specific to the DVD. > I would love to see Live DVD users teach themselves and later switch > to a regular installation, but I am under the impression that this > is more of an exeptional case than the rule. > > I just realized that you answered offlist, so I will answer directly > to you too in case you did not want to share your experience on the > list. I encourage you to send it to the list though, so others can > read it too. :) > > -- Mirko > > -- Charles Lwanga College of Education, P. O. Box 660193, Monze, ZAMBIA. Mobile: +26 0979 869471 SKYPE: Libsitali -- Charles Lwanga College of Education, P. O. Box 660193, Monze, ZAMBIA. Mobile: +26 0979 869471 SKYPE: Libsitali _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
