Hi Guruprasad, Thanks for the positive message. I've worked with students in another part of the world who got such a project going. It is now in its eight year. Had wonderful support from an Ubuntu FOSS activist there, which made all the difference.
Am wondering if such support is possible here as well. Hence this thread. Thanks for the definition. Am learning....... Padmini On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:16 PM, L. Guruprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Padmini, > > Welcome to the ILUGC mailing list. Imho, what you are trying to do is a > very good thing, so my best wishes for the same. > > On 15-07-2014 15:41, Padmini Sankaran wrote: > > Mohan, > > I've done this with a group of students and I agree that most find the > task > > of clearing hard drives and installing the OS a chore. > > However it could be done by a few while the rest of the group works on > > other aspects of the project. > > But yes, I do see the advantage of working with machines that already > have > > the OS. > > > > What does 're-purposing' mean? > > Am fascinated by the way people use words - so would appreciate a > > clarification, in case I haven't understood. > > Re-purposing means reusing for a different purpose. What Mohan was > trying to say is that, instead of targetting hard drives for the > installation of Ubuntu, you could get a full computer and repurpose it > by installing Ubuntu on it. That way you don't have to install Ubuntu on > hard drives hoping that it would work fine. If it didn't, you might be > requiring the correct drivers to be installed. This is because it is > better to install the OS on the computer where it is going to be used as > the OS installer will take care of installing the appropriate drivers > for the particular hardware. > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> > > Since you are posting on this mailing list, please follow its guidelines > (http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines) and avoid top posting. > Interleaved, trimmed posting style is the recommended one. In case you > want to know about the posting styles, please use your favorite search > engine to search and read up. If you have any questions, feel free to > ask here and we will be glad to help. > > Thanks & Regards, > Guruprasad > > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
