[SoaS] EEEPC900

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for all the information. Now I have lots more questions!

1a) Do you think the DVD will run on anything other than Ubuntu?

1b) If it has to have Ubuntu, does this mean that the average classroom teacher will have to install it on their machine to run it?

2) I've been looking at EEEPC 900s on the web. It seems to be a discontinued model.  There are a few retailers still selling them and quite a few used ones on ebay. It looks like the memory and storage size vary quite a bit. Some come with Linux, some with Windows (various varieties), and I even saw one with "no operating system."  What should I look for if I want to buy one of these?

3) You mentioned having a cd/dvd burner.  Is this necessary if I have a MacBook that has one of these?

4) What other things would I need to consider if I decide to buy one of these?

Thanks for everything!

Caryl



Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:24:36 -0700
From: satellit at bendbroadband.com
To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
CC: soas at lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [SoaS] Sugar-Creation-Kit DVD (preliminary version) is available to download for testing and comments (I have just burned the , iso on a G4 Mac sucessfully ans suggestions)






  


Caryl;



I just did a test DL and then burned the .iso file on my wife's Apple
G4 

Resulting DVD works fine when loaded in Ubuntu9.04



You should be able to do the same.



Tom Gilliard

satellit



RE: Suggestions

1-)I use a cheap EeePC900 with an external usb hp dvd555a cd/dvd burner

Boot it with a Gnome + Sugar 8GB SD in its slot (installed to SD from
normal downloaded cd)

sugar wireless works out of the box



2-)I also have used a 320GB usb (seagate freeagent) Hard disk on which
I installed f12 + (in terminal:) yum install liveusb-creator sugar*

This gives Gnome plus sugar gdm logins plus sugar-emulator in Gnome.

I also installed sun-virtualbox (free) for running different OS
(including windows) as virtual machines.



This is a nice portable fast solution with the benefit of being able to
switch OS, and OSVersions ,with different 

usb Hard disks



Regards;



Tom Gilliard



Hit <tab> on first booting to get boot device selector menu



It works great to make soas usb's



Caryl Bigenho wrote:

  Hi All...

The download appears to be successful.  It took about 13 hours on my plain-wrap AT&T dsl line.  I will try to make the DVD later today.  I am still looking for a PC to try it on.  Looked on ebay last night... they have some real "dogs" for almost as much as the low end machines you find at Walmart.  Any suggestions?  I put a note on Freecycle, but no response yet.

Caryl

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:19:04 -0700
From: satellit at bendbroadband.com
To: soas at lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: [SoaS] Sugar-Creation-Kit DVD (preliminary version) is available to download for testing and comments








I just did a download of the Sugar-Creation-Kit DVD.iso here and it
burns correctly.



Please download it and test it. i am sure there are many improvements
that can be added.



Note that this is a preliminary version and needs polishing.



I have tried to include a compilation of the most useful software, and
instructions on how to apply it' so that people off line can make soas
sticks and add activities to them.



Note:the DVD includes  111 .xo activities from ASLO that can be copied
to a 1 GB USB and copy-pasted to the sugar journal as a way to install
them.



This file can be downloaded separately:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/ASLO-xo.tar.gz



I did this project visualizing the following use case: 



"sneaker-net",off internet, locations and fire walled schools.



(A side benefit may be that it will lessen the load on sugarlabs
servers once the DVD's are distributed, as it easy to make copies
locally)



Tom Gilliard

satellit






  
  Hey, why don't we repost this to soas@ ? Other people may be interested
as well.
  


  
  On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:01 -0700, Thomas C Gilliard wrote:
  
  


  
  
    > Caryl;
  
  
    It is up there:

Just finished uploading  (about 7 hrs)

I am doing a test DL here ETA 1 hr....(HS Cable Modem)

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Sugar-Creation-Kit-ver05.iso

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/CONTENTS-OF-SugarCreation-Kit-DVD.txt

It is a normal DVD.iso  you should be able to download it and burn it
on you Mac. Or maybe mount it and transfer files from the mounted .iso
file to a folder on the Mac.

I hope somone can polish it more. But it works as a first try. 
(You should not need internet access to use everthing on it.)
"Sneeker-net" or if behind firewall in school.

Have fun

Cordially

Tom Gilliard



Caryl Bigenho wrote: 
    
  
      
    
      > > Hi Tom,
  
  
    
      If this works it will be a major step forward for Sugar Labs! I still need to find someone to lend or give me a PC to try it on. I may actually have to break down and buy one ;-(.

I still have 4 weeks before my first opportunity to hand these out at the LAUSD InfoTech event. CUELA (Computer Using Educators of Los Angeles) is very supportive of OLPC, Sugar Labs, and open source.  I will be sharing their booth at their invitation.

Is there a way I can get started on this before I find a PC? For example, could I just download the contents of the DVD file to my Mac, put it in a burn folder without opening, and burn a DVD to test on someone's PC? What is the liklihood that would work?

Caryl ;-)

  
      
    
  
        
      
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        From: satellit at bendbroadband.com
To: walter.bender at gmail.com
CC: cbigenho at hotmail.com
Subject: Sugar Creation Kit DVD Please Comment on contents and usability

I have this project ready to upload as a DVD.iso

Please comment on contents and usability,

Tom Gilliard
satellit

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/CONTENTS-OF-SugarCreation-Kit-DVD.txt
    
        
      
    
  
          
      
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