Matt Graham wrote:
Recently I attempted to organize collecting about 4- 6 systems for a not-for-profit daycare center . The person involved with it is a close friend of my family AND this is an opportunity to get the little ones exposed <infected> with Open Source systems in their mundane lives . Thinking of having the Penguin familiar to preschoolers ! SO any one wishing to transfer about half to 3/4 of a Geo Metro load of workable for preschoolers if we load Linux on it stuff ? Call me voice at 816-632-5710 or leave mail to coordinate this - I'd love to make this a xmas gift!
I wonder if one of those roll-your-own style liveCD distros would be appropriate here. Maybe ram availability would be an issue with some older machines, but it seems like it would uncomplicate things a bit. I could see it being a little more predictable for the new-to-computers types. You could design a slax, or a knoppix (or whatever) to boot with the right user, with the right software loaded etc etc. And upgrades to their software would be as simple as sending them a new batch of cd's. Anyway, just an idea.
Matt
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YES! that would be a perfect project- if only our group has the skills to pull it off . The skeletal outline I derived from your concept can strip down to a basic core cd . That core cd having on it the "LiveOS" and the most used applications . I am hopeful that each machine will have enough hd space to store localuser files . What would make this a dragonslaying project is if the userdata could be stored in a "webmail" account or a usb keychain drive -automounted of course .
The user experience being a goal of "no matter what goes wrong -reboot." And all that could be lost is the one unsaved session at worst.
NOW the LongView could be using either a multisession or rw+ multisession to make a "finished" project self booting and independent of ANY off disc information .