Hi Rob, Rob Beezer wrote:
>> The idea was to provide the students with a easy to use personal >> scientific computing environment to carry on. >> > > I will likely run a seminar this fall for my students to introduce > them to Sage, TeX, Beamer and friends (and maybe some Linux, plus some > Python). So I was contemplating making a VirtualBox image with Ubuntu > and the necessary other bits all ready to go. > > How has Virtual Box worked for you as a vehicle to get a pre-built > environment into your student's hands? > It worked almost fine, provided that students have enough RAM and hard disk for running the virtualized image (5.2 Gb for uncompressed image and more that 1Gb of Ram) and they have a introductory session about installation and common uses. Making this virtual image was thing of just two day with Arch Linux (I previously worked with Debian Derivates but Arch was quicker in almost every aspect). I'm planning to make some changes in the Virtual Image, so why not working together towards a Virtual Box student friendly, multilanguage and Sage powered image to go? You can give my virtual image a try and say me what you need to make it fit for your students too. Its still buggy, but I provided support to my students with common issues, the most annoying is automagical keyboard layout switch. Cheers, Offray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
