<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">>----- Original Message ----<br>>From: RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de><br>>To: kde-edu@kde.org<br>>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 4:44:27 AM<br>>Subject: Re: [kde-edu]: KEPA: kde4 Edu Portable Apps (for Windows)?<br>><br>>Am Mittwoch 21 November 2007 schrieb Saro Engels:<br>>> As I have said before the main problems are the lack of developers<br>>> and the lack of quality / stability. If you find someone though who<br>>> is keen on testing and improving the Windows ports, just send him to<br>>> us.<br>><br>>Hi Saro, thanks for your valuable reply!<br>><br>>I know dozens of pupils who are
ready to try out free software - if I <br>>just had a link where to get those apps?<br>><br>>Is there any need to release a separate "standallone/portable" version <br>>for KDE Edu apps - to make them runnable right from a USB stick <br>>(without the need of pre-installation)?<br>><br>>As for "branding" (this is more or less what I was thinking of) there <br>>should be no string freeze (the info box containing the name of the <br>>developer etc. should be changable independently). However, re-branding
<br>>is possible for windows off-spins, so it might be wiser to refer to <br>>GNU/Linux/KDE on the project's web page.<br>><br>>Regards<br>>Ralf<br>>_______________________________________________<br>>kde-edu mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kde-edu@mail.kde.org" href="mailto:kde-edu@mail.kde.org">>kde-edu@mail.kde.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu" target="_blank">>https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu</a><br></div><br><br>I can see plenty of great opportunities for standalone/portable apps. Two situations come straight from my experiences at the school I teach at.<br><br>Situation 1:<br>My situation is a teacher. I have been experimenting with a lot of software (specifically KDE-Edu apps) as a teacher, but at our school we are running a Windows network and our technician is overworked enough and is not the least bit interested in the thought of
installing/supporting/fixing/patching/updating/etc. pre-release software. I have at least 2 classes that I could be testing with (50 young and eager testers!!) but no real feasible way of actually doing this. (Note that we are both Linux enthusiasts and I've been making a push for some Linux at the school but this is met with a lot of resistance)<br><br>Situation 2:<br>I've done a small amount of testing (in terms of viable software - current stable Kde-Edu only) using live boot Linux cds with a small class - this avoided the support issues in the above situation. The students were very interested in using some of the software at home. However, at my school things are a bit behind the times and not all students have access to reliable internet. If it were possible to upload standalone/portable apps to a usb stick for them then they could test, report back to me, and I could pass on their findings. (Some people are very
reluctant to try live boot cds even after reassurances that they will not do a thing to their computers)<br><br>I'm sure there are other similar and different situations, I've just mentioned the 2 that I have experience with.<br><br>I appreciate all of the hard work that the kde-edu people put in on all fronts. A job very well done!!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ben<br><br><br></div></div><br>
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