Re: Need Linux on a bunch of computers quickly and easily

From: Cybe R. Wizard (cyber_wizard_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 09/18/03

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    On 17 Sep 2003 09:02:15 -0700
    jasonv118@yahoo.com (Jason Victor) wrote:

    > Hello all.
    >
    > I have a problem. I have fifteen kids with Windows laptops, and I need
    > all of them to be able to use Linux as a programming environment.
    > Basically, they need to be able to boot into Linux into some sort of
    > programming environment, work on stuff, save stuff, and then reboot
    > back into Windows. Partitioning is not an easy option... in this
    > situation it is too risky and impractical.
    >
    > I considered VMWare. I could just have all of them install VMWare and
    > then I could set up a Linux "VMWare install" on my own machine and
    > simply give them the hard disk files. The problem with this is that it
    > is oppressively slow, and they might not all of machines capable of
    > running VMware at all. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether I could
    > get the funding to get 15 licenses of VMWare.
    >
    > Off the top of my head, I can think of those "Bootable CD" distros and
    > the distros that install into a FAT partition. Does anybody have any
    > suggestions? I'm searching for simplicity... say, a bootable CD with
    > IceWM, xterm and GCC or something, that can save files to a FAT or
    > NTFS partition.
    >
    > Can anybody help me out with some ideas?
    >
    > Thanks!

    Knoppix (www.knopix.net) or damnsmalllinux (www.damnsmalllinux.org) and
    a fat32 partition to which to save.

    Cybe R. Wizard 

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