On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Douglas McClendon <[email protected]> wrote: > Sean DALY wrote: > >> You've mentioned how the website could be improved - the "fine print". >> When you look at the Sugar on a Stick page, what do you think it could >> express better to guide inexperienced users? The single biggest >> barrier we face is installation fear - this is how Windows keeps its >> marketshare (with help from proprietary file formats), and why >> GNU/Linux desktops have so much difficulty breaking out. Sugar on a >> Stick sidesteps the problem by not touching the hard disk, but does >> indeed require system-specific BIOS fiddling. > > In response to this, and DancesWithCars autorun html point, I can see > possible progress in this direction- > > a) autorun html. Simple to add technically. I'd opt for pure open > source but possibly less compatable simple autorun technique, as opposed > to using the various less-free and often closed source autorun helpers. > > b) the content of the html to be autoran- obviously the sky is the > limit, and something marketing is particularly suited for. To the > extent that technical information should be contained, there is the > LiveDistro wikipedia page, which would be included, as well as a layer > above it translated/shrunk into a quickstart version targeted at average > parents/teachers. > > c) other low hanging fruit windows FOSS. Firefox seems worth it if > you've got the space. But more importantly qemu, or whatever the best > open source windows virtualization solution is (qemu/virtualbox/?). > I.e. the webpage should include simple instructions for launching that > virtualizaiton targeted at the CD/USB that contains it. >
Virtualbox could allow a pretty good in-Windows experience. With seamless mode it runs in an OS window. We can automate the startup so a Sugar appliance starts up with one click. The trick is getting permission to bundle an installer with virtualbox and the sugar appliance. I think one would have to ask Sun for permission to do this. You could do this also with OS X and Linux although each needs a seperate installer. Dave -- Dave Bauer [email protected] http://www.solutiongrove.com _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
