[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] 3 Questions From A New Sugar User Age 21

[Thomas C Gilliard]

On 01/26/2012 02:07 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On 27 January 2012 08:55, Thomas C Gilliard<satellit at bendbroadband.com>  wrote:
>>
>> On 01/26/2012 01:40 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>>> On 25 January 2012 03:13, Thomas C Gilliard<satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>> On 01/24/2012 07:49 AM, Ma Xiaojun wrote:
>>>>> 1. Can I install SoaS to hard disk?
>>>>
>>>> enter "liveinst" from the sugar-terminal
>>> Is there a reason why this isn't exposed in the GUI? Maybe it can be a
>>> CP applet?
>>>
>>> I think this is a valuable feature.
>>>
>> Take a look at this new tutorial:
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/liveinst
>>
>> It is listed here also along with some other tutorials:
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#F16_Sugar_install_from_a_booted_Live_CD.2FUSB_with_liveinst
> Thanks.
>
> The problem, however, is that this is not easily discoverable. A
> newcomer shouldn't have to go searching through the wiki to find a way
> to install SoaS. And using the terminal is not exactly a friendly
> introduction to the platform :S
>

Another thought;
The obscurity of this command may be on purpose.
Like sugar-terminal not being a "favorite" on SoaS, It can interact with 
the users Hard Disk.
So it is not supposed to be too easy for kids to access.

Cordially;

Tom Gilliard
satellit_
> Cheers,
> Sridhar
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