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

[Chris Cormack]

On 22 May 2013 21:12, Mirko <5p4m at gmx.de> wrote:
> 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 Not only will it lead to outdated systems, but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.
>
+1

If it is used as a demonstration and/or learning tool that is fine,
but any system in production should have a clear upgrade path and be
being run by someone who knows how to keep it up to date and secure.

Like Mirko, I see no problem with the live dvd being used as a
learning tool, its when it sneaks into production in a way that makes
it very difficult to upgrade. That just is a short cut to long term
problems.

This was also what I voted for too.

Chris