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

Chris Cormack chris at bigballofwax.co.nz
Thu May 23 01:53:47 NZST 2013


On 22 May 2013 23:22, BWS Johnson <abesottedphoenix at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Salvete!
>
>     I think it's a bit silly for developers to think that someone at a library with extremely limited resources will end up spending a tonne of time learning command line Debian linux to install from packages. I'm very grateful to Robin for putting together the packages, since things are basically a single line now *if* (and it's a huge if) people can get Debian to cooperate with them prior to that joyous apt-get.
>     I think it's even sillier for folks to jump on Vimal for crafting a very widely used tool that is incredibly appreciated and is a great contribution. My hat's off to him.
>     I often point out that usually there's a linux users' group of some variety someplace near you, but this isn't always the case, and they don't always want to help.
>     Sometimes this is people's ONLY option. If the line really is using this or sticking with your card catalogue/excel spreadsheet, do we really want to encourage that?
>     Incredibly negative responses on the list end up feeding crummy articles like this one:
>
> http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381
>
>     Thankfully, we are not sexist as a community, but I don't want to trade that for trolly.
>
> Just sayin'
> Brooke


My email has offended people. I withdraw it and apologise
unreservedly. I will offer no more opinions on the Live DVD/CD

Chris


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