I've gotten 1 of 2 machines to work (Though both should have). And for the one that did work even though I gave 200MB of writable space, it did not keep files I made in the home directory after reboot.
So I think testing is very important for this plan. I really like the idea of USB sticks and think that some should be available but we may want DVD for the majority of attendees. Thanks, Alex On 08/12/2010 03:16 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Daniel, > Determining who gets a USB stick is not a matter of money, but rather > the level of testing and a high level confidence from us that the USB > will work for every person we give it to. > > If we can get 30+ test cases of the USB stick working without issue, > across a wide variety of computer hardware, we give the go ahead to use > a USB. Otherwise we will stick with the safe option of a DVD (which is > my preference). > > > On 13/08/10 07:30, Daniel Kastl wrote: >> Hi Cameron and Oscar, >> >> It would be nice if workshop participants could get a Live USB stick >> as well if we just get 10+ test results. >> I think it's not only the pgRouting workshop that will make use of the >> LiveDVD (USB) for the workshop. With a USB version participants could >> save their work on the stick and take it home. >> >> Daniel >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan >> eMail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Web: http://georepublic.de >> >> >> >> 2010/8/13 Cameron Shorter <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> Oscar, >> >> I've put together a draft press release, which I propose we send >> out within 12 hours, stating that we will need 30 people to test >> the USB version of OSGeo-Live if we are to hand out OSGeo-Live on >> a USB at FOSS4G. (otherwise we revert back to the very stable DVD). >> >> Can you please review, and comment as to whether this press >> release aligns with your desires. >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_9 >> >> -- Cameron Shorter >> Geospatial Director >> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >> >> Think Globally, Fix Locally >> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >> http://www.lisasoft.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Live-demo mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
