Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-16 Thread Caroline Meeks
yes I got this to work on a 1GB USB with a lot of effort. I find it generally slow to create the USBs. In general the fastest way to create a new one is to copy it from one USB to another while booted into Linux. However, I don't know if you can do that in Sugar and this particular setup doesn't

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-15 Thread Walter Bender
Trying this new set up for the first time... > Boot from this CD and from there, use LiveUSB to copy the system to USB > stick (use a stick with 1-2 GB capacity as problems have been reported with > larger ones) I've tried with a 1 GB and a 2 GB USB. In both cases, it complains that I don't have

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-04 Thread alan c
David Van Assche wrote: > The politics are far more complicated, edubuntu used to be a thriving > community, which prompted Canonical to market the Educational side > more and use the Ubuntu branding rather than edubuntu. It caused some > confusion and the commun In the UK the education market is

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-03 Thread Morgan Collett
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 21:21, David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are correct, its only for Intrepid... but its cool and easy never > the less :-) and intrepid is out now, so now's a good a time as any to > upgrade... > > David > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-01 Thread David Van Assche
You are correct, its only for Intrepid... but its cool and easy never the less :-) and intrepid is out now, so now's a good a time as any to upgrade... David On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never seen it on Hardy. > > -walter > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-01 Thread Walter Bender
I never seen it on Hardy. -walter On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I boot up with my USB. > I enter Sugar. > How do I get to "System -> Administration" for Hardy Heron? > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM, David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-01 Thread Caroline Meeks
Hi David, I boot up with my USB. I enter Sugar. How do I get to "System -> Administration" for Hardy Heron? On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM, David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Actually with the advent of intrepid Ibex, and I believe Hardy Heron > too, there is a menu option under Syste

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-01 Thread David Van Assche
Actually with the advent of intrepid Ibex, and I believe Hardy Heron too, there is a menu option under System -> Administration that says create USB startup disk. You choose your iso and choose how much of the usb stick u want to use for the OS, and hit create startup disk... dont think it could be

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-11-01 Thread Caroline Meeks
Ok! I got this to work. thank you Ubuntu developers but talk about screwing in your own seat! Is there an easier way to help people create USBs? On SLAX we created a zip file then there was a boot file (2 versions actually one for linux and one for windows) that is run to make the stick bootable:

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-10-31 Thread David Farning
Thanks David that explanation make a lot more sense than my naive one. Who is the marketing/education contract guy? I would like to touch base with him. I will also be at the meeting to explain background issues if necessary. The other guys on the Ubuntu SugarTeam have gained much more credibili

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-10-31 Thread David Van Assche
The politics are far more complicated, edubuntu used to be a thriving community, which prompted Canonical to market the Educational side more and use the Ubuntu branding rather than edubuntu. It caused some confusion and the community sort of migrated to various areas, the most notable being LTSP.

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-10-31 Thread David Farning
There is a Edubuntu developer planning session on Nov 5th. At that point, we will see about the process of making Subuntu an official release. Ubuntu educational efforts have not seemed to pay off for them yet. They have recently shifted their inhouse edubuntu developer to Ubuntu mobile. thanks

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

2008-10-31 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:19 AM, David Farning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like our friends at Ubuntu have been hard at work building a > Subuntu live usb. Simon Peter, also know as probono, has posted information > on downloading and building the usb at > > http://dev.laptop.org/~probon