[SoaS] EEEPC900

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> Hi Tom,
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> Thanks for all the information. Now I have lots more questions!
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> 1a) Do you think the DVD will run on anything other than Ubuntu?
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It should run on almost any PC. It is a windows compatible formatted DVD 
(My wife burned the .iso on her G4 Mac Laptop and I ran it on my 
Ubuntu9.04 PC
I have also run it on my EeePC900 with external DVD/CD drive. (I can see 
contents and transfer files from it to My Live USB of the latest Nightly 
Composes USB img)

 http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/f13-installer-2GB-USB.img.tar.gz
> 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?
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The DVD contains txt and pdf files plus .iso and .img files with 
instructions on how to use them. these can be run from the DVD or 
transferred to the Desktop of the PC
> 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?
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My EeePC900 has Mandriva (linux)  as an OS and the largest ssd (solid 
state hard drive) but if you  hit <esc> while it boots it will run 
almost any Operating system you install on the external usb hard drive 
or SOAS live USB stick. Any model of this series of netbook will work.
> 3) You mentioned having a cd/dvd burner.  Is this necessary if I have a MacBook that has one of these?
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only if you want to use an external usb hard drive. It is not necessary 
for booting a soas live usb stick. As I said above, you should be able 
to burn it on you MAC
> 4) What other things would I need to consider if I decide to buy one of these?
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They should be quite cheap on e-bay or used
> Thanks for everything!
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> Caryl
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> 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)
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> I just did a test DL and then burned the .iso file on my wife's Apple
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> Resulting DVD works fine when loaded in Ubuntu9.04
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> Tom Gilliard
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> 1-)I use a cheap EeePC900 with an external usb hp dvd555a cd/dvd burner
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> Boot it with a Gnome + Sugar 8GB SD in its slot (installed to SD from
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> sugar wireless works out of the box
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> 2-)I also have used a 320GB usb (seagate freeagent) Hard disk on which
> I installed f12 + (in terminal:) yum install liveusb-creator sugar*
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> This gives Gnome plus sugar gdm logins plus sugar-emulator in Gnome.
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> I also installed sun-virtualbox (free) for running different OS
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> This is a nice portable fast solution with the benefit of being able to
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> Hit <tab> on first booting to get boot device selector menu
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> It works great to make soas usb's
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> Caryl Bigenho wrote:
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>   Hi All...
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> 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.
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> Caryl
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> 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
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> I just did a download of the Sugar-Creation-Kit DVD.iso here and it
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> Please download it and test it. i am sure there are many improvements
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> Note that this is a preliminary version and needs polishing.
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> 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
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> 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
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> This file can be downloaded separately:
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/ASLO-xo.tar.gz
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> I did this project visualizing the following use case: 
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> "sneaker-net",off internet, locations and fire walled schools.
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> (A side benefit may be that it will lessen the load on sugarlabs
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> Tom Gilliard
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>   Hey, why don't we repost this to soas@ ? Other people may be interested
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>   On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:01 -0700, Thomas C Gilliard wrote:
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> Just finished uploading  (about 7 hrs)
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> I am doing a test DL here ETA 1 hr....(HS Cable Modem)
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> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Sugar-Creation-Kit-ver05.iso
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> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/CONTENTS-OF-SugarCreation-Kit-DVD.txt
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Have fun
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> Cordially
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> Tom Gilliard
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>       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 ;-(.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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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
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> I have this project ready to upload as a DVD.iso
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> Please comment on contents and usability,
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> Tom Gilliard
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> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/CONTENTS-OF-SugarCreation-Kit-DVD.txt
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