oh! well daniel you convinced me too... so, we might boot from server a well-configured distro at school, and give the artistx live dvd to the students for work at home.
thanks also for the pedagogics. it makes perfect sense to me. georg :-) On Tuesday 28 July 2009 17:14:58 Daniel Jircik wrote: > "for storage of raw and project related material, i think > i will suggest using external (usb) harddisks, to be independent > of particular machines and avoid network clogging." > > I would do some testing before you commit to live cd and usb storage. > Depending on how much ram each machine has it would probably be pretty > choppy. > > > "Before making your students installing Linux as a Windows/Mac > replacement or with dual boot you need to have them *really* convinced > Linux is the way to go. > To get there is long and hard." > > I don't think you have to be to evangelical about it after all there is a > certain cool wow factor that I have found to impress evan the most jaded. > A classroom is not a democracy. I would devote the first session to > transitioning and familiarization with the environment. There's lots of > resources online for win/mac to linux transition/familiarization. Then test > them on knowlege essentials mainly filesystem structures and basic basic > commandline operands. When I'm showing someone completely unfamiliar I like > to open a window go to the top directory " / " hit return and make the > statement "Here is the most organized filing cabinet you will ever > encounter. Everything it does or you will ever need is here. Guess where > your stuff will be? /home ." Instead of a C: drive or "My network > whatever" that everything is a file is a hard concept for some to grasp. > > > "meanwhile, i have tested artistx live (just a little), looks good. > still installing and testing debian, wondering what might be > the (dis)advantages of live systems for video production education?" > > A basic debian install is kind of dry, aestheticly, and system wise a bit > bare bones. I would save that for an advanced class. Wow factor is > important and I think you are better off with Artistx or a Gentoo based > sytem that has good Cinelerra repositories is Sabayon. Very stable drop > dead gorgeous and all the multimedia codecs including libdvdcss for dvd > playback. > http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ > > Daniel > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Raffaella Traniello < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Georg! > > > > > any ideas what model might suit the needs of almost-grown-up students > > > (age around 18 years)? analog and dv in/out would be great, > > > durability is important, what else matters? > > > > For long shootings you need an external battery charger (so you can keep > > shooting with the spare battery). At school I use it a lot. > > > > > meanwhile, i have tested artistx live (just a little), looks good. > > > still installing and testing debian, wondering what might be > > > the (dis)advantages of live systems for video production education? > > > > Before making your students installing Linux as a Windows/Mac > > replacement or with dual boot you need to have them *really* convinced > > Linux is the way to go. > > To get there is long and hard. > > > > With a live CD they can use Linux at home also if they are not so > > convinced. The more they use it at home the quicker they get *really* > > convinced. > > > > Ciao! > > Raffalla > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra -- dr. kurt georg hooss kurts film / schoepfung & wandel breite strasse 6-8, d-23552 luebeck tel. +49-(0)451-3003-474 (fax: -333) kurts-film.de _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
