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

[Mirko]

Chrispin,

Chrispin Simasiku Sitali schrieb am 22.05.2013
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <libsitali at gmail.com>
> Date: 22 May 2013 10:13
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Live DVD (Was: Master-password (katikoan) and Live-DVD
> To: Mirko <5p4m at gmx.de>
> 
> 
> 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 Not only will it lead to outdated systems, but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.

-- Mirko


PS. Thanks for resending to the list :)