[Koha] Fwd: Live DVD (Was: Master-password (katikoan) and Live-DVD

[Chrispin Simasiku Sitali]

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From: Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <libsitali at gmail.com>
Date: 22 May 2013 11:08
Subject: Re: [Koha] Live DVD (Was: Master-password (katikoan) and Live-DVD
To: Mirko <5p4m at 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 <5p4m at 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 Not only will it lead to outdated systems, but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
>
>


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-- 
Charles Lwanga College of Education,
P. O. Box 660193,
Monze,
ZAMBIA.

Mobile: +26 0979 869471
SKYPE: Libsitali