I can see updating the basic install at the warehouse and offering additional packages, such as you list below, at FGMLUG. The policy would keep the basic load small and uniform and provide an incentive to come to FGMLUG for the extras. Adding additional packages to a basic Ubuntu load means we have to support those packages and means we are designing our own distro.
Tom chuq wrote:
FYI I have 4GB Flash drives for sale at my shop for 12.99 eachSome of the software I would recommend would be to ensure OpenOffice is on there, RhythmBox, Pidgin, XSANE, Wine, GIMP, VLC, restricted extrasChuq On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 12:41 -0500, Richard Zimmerman wrote:Certainly sounds doable....We just need to come up with a 'standard list' of what we want installed that addresses the issues with software, make the script, run it at home and bring it back...Sounds like our project for Tuesday. We presently have enough computers for a class but they are not updated / final tested / cleaned. I've got a 4gb stick I can clean off to use at first... FGM will need to buy one of two for normal use though.Richard Mike Cook wrote: > http://keryxproject.org/ > > Another, perhaps, better way. Looks slick anyway. Also runs off a pen drive. > > Also better (shorter) instructions for Synaptic method: > > (plagiarized from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware)> > Here's how: Synaptic/PackageDownloadScript> > Short instructions: > * Launch Synaptic on the offline computer > * Mark the packages you wish to install > * Select File->Generate package download script > * Save the script to your USB key > * Take the USB key to an online Linux computer and run the script there from the USB key. It will download only the packages required by the offline computer to the USB key. > * Insert the USB key into the offline computer > * Launch Synaptic and click on File->Add downloaded packages > * Select the directory on your USB key containing the downloaded *.deb files and press Open. The packages will be installed. >>
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