[Ilugc] community project using Ubuntu OS
- From: guruprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (L. Guruprasad)
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:16:39 +0530
Hi Padmini,
Welcome to the ILUGC mailing list. Imho, what you are trying to do is a
very good thing, so my best wishes for the same.
On 15-07-2014 15:41, Padmini Sankaran wrote:
Mohan,
I've done this with a group of students and I agree that most find the task
of clearing hard drives and installing the OS a chore.
However it could be done by a few while the rest of the group works on
other aspects of the project.
But yes, I do see the advantage of working with machines that already have
the OS.
What does 're-purposing' mean?
Am fascinated by the way people use words - so would appreciate a
clarification, in case I haven't understood.
Re-purposing means reusing for a different purpose. What Mohan was
trying to say is that, instead of targetting hard drives for the
installation of Ubuntu, you could get a full computer and repurpose it
by installing Ubuntu on it. That way you don't have to install Ubuntu on
hard drives hoping that it would work fine. If it didn't, you might be
requiring the correct drivers to be installed. This is because it is
better to install the OS on the computer where it is going to be used as
the OS installer will take care of installing the appropriate drivers
for the particular hardware.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Mohan Sundaram <mohan.tux at gmail.com>
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Thanks & Regards,
Guruprasad
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