Portable VirtualBox - to Run Linux in a VM from a USB drive in a Windows system
http://lifehacker.com/portable-virtualbox-lets-you-take-virtual-machines-anyw-1572641481 http://www.vbox.me/ Or, even easier, portable Libre Office running on Windows. Then the data files are always Libre Office format on a USB drive. Edit on Linux, edit on Windows, always running Libre Office. http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable/ I'd suggest doing this in any event. However, I bet the school is teaching *PowerPoint*, not presentation software. In which case the student is expected to provide a powerpoint that works on the school's system. If that is the case, you should work out with the teacher how to do things at home. Maybe LibreOffice on a thumb drive is ok. FWIW - in Cub Scouting, I've found lots of reference to OpenOffice instead of the expensive brand. Most schools have a licensing deal with MS and don't think of it. On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Patrick Flaherty <pflahe...@wsi.com> wrote: > Have you played with portable apps (http://portableapps.com/)? Libre > office works on windows and linux. Past that, maybe something hosted (like > google docs, but maybe a bit more Free). > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:59 PM, David Rysdam <da...@rysdam.org> wrote: > >> My kids and I are 100% Linux at home. (My wife has a Mac, which none of >> us touch unless we absolutely have to.) At school, it is unfortunately >> obvious the kids use Windows. Also, starting in middle school, the >> school expects every kid to carry a USB drive back and forth so they can >> work on projects. >> >> I've had some problems providing support for this, to put it mildly. For >> something like a paper, the solution is obvious: write in plain text and >> dump into Word at the last minute. (The solution is obvious, but no >> child of mine has listened to me yet. That's something I don't think >> GNHLUG can help me with.) But for something like PowerPoint, the >> solution isn't so obvious. They have to be able to edit it in both >> places, during in-class work periods and as homework. >> >> I don't know what the school expects people to do if they can't afford >> Office at home. >> >> However, I just had an idea. You can get 128GB USB drives on ebay for >> ~$20 now. Why not install an emulator-based (as opposed to bootable) >> "live CD" image on there that they can then mount the rest of the USB >> drive with and edit their work in Linux *even at school*? >> >> They probably won't be able to get on the network with it, which is fine >> since the host Windows OS could handle that. >> >> Transferring documents (for printing, say) may be a problem, although I >> assume the live CD images somehow manage it. Oh wait, to reap the >> benefit you'd have to print *from Linux* which probably won't work even >> if you had the right printer driver set up. Well, print at home, I >> guess. >> >> I don't think security would be a problem unless there's now some way to >> prevent someone from starting an app off their USB drive. >> >> The only real issue I can think of horsepower: Does the school hardware >> have the oomph to support this hack? I'll have to ask my kids what the >> school has. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> > > > > -- > * Patrick **Flaherty *| > * w:* 978 983 6597 *e:* patrick.flahe...@weather.com > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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