Hi Ant,
you can save the state of the OS as a file to a hard disk or usb key on
shutdown
with puppy it will be automatically reused if desired on reboot and it
is very simple to set up.
It may also be installed to a hard drive as well but I would probably
suggest a full
distro install although eg Ubuntu Debian mint etc if he was unable to
follow your directions
to run and configure a live cd with the email and whoosh router.
As a matter of interest puppy is now able to use the ubuntu software
repositorys
so there is not shortage of available software.
Unfortunately I am based out of CHCH and the whoosh coverage area so if
someone in
town can assist that would be simpler.
Michael
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, goldedge wrote:
Hi Ant, how about puppy linux 5.2.8 as a live cd runs in ram no install
needed and fairly easy to
set up? Reboot and back to the win OS. Macpup 5.2.8 a puppy derivitave
is also very cool.
Both are very user friendly.
> From a casual-use viewpoint, it could work, but I think Peter needs a bit more
hand-holding, like setting up email accounts (which may not be permanent with
a live CD?), and since he would want to do most of the work with linux, it
would probably be easier to set that up as the default boot.
And someone is still needed to do the initial setup and answer questions...
cheers
anthony
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