[OSCTC-planning] install privileges and our curriculum

[K Peterson]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay, this link seems pretty relevant:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD/Persistence
>
Yep!
So that answers the questions about saving files and installed media.


> - How wide a range of architectures do these things support?  What
>> questions do I need to ask about the computers I'll be booting them on?
>>
> Ubuntu lists images available for 32-bit, 64-bit, and 64-bit Mac (AMD64).
There are also non-Mac machines with AMD64 processors, so the last may just
specify some subset of the Mac computers.

Aside from architecture, I'd suggest asking how much RAM the computers
have, in case running things from flash drives is cumbersome. It is also
worth asking whether a USB-connected drive occurs earlier in the boot
sequence than the computer's hard drive, and whether you will be able to
change that setting if it doesn't.


> - How expensive are they likely to be per drive?  I'd love to be able to
>> just give them to our students.
>>
> Microcenter has 4Gb drives for $4 and 8Gb drives for $5.
Amazon has some 8G drives for $3.


>
>> CCing Kate/Kep, a friend of mine who is interested in figuing this stuff
>> out.
>>
>> - Shauna
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Alex Bayley <skud at growstuff.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Ubuntu live CD?
>>>
>>> > On 16 Oct 2014, at 17:13, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > In November, I'm going to be doing two short workshops at campuses
>>> where students tend not to have laptops, so we'll be using computer labs.
>>> I am told that students will not have install privileges on the computers.
>>> >
>>> > Because these are short events, it's fairly easy to pick a curriculum
>>> that does not require installing anything (do IRC via webchat, make github
>>> changes via the website) and I think all of that is still valuable.  But
>>> installing things is a key part of most open source use and contribution
>>> and I do think we do a disservice when we ignore it.
>>> >
>>> > Do folks have suggestions for ways to convince the IT/administrators
>>> at these schools to allow installation? Are there strategies that would
>>> allay admins' security concerns?
>>> >
>>> > best
>>> > Shauna
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