[kde-edu]: KEPA: kde4 Edu Portable Apps (for Windows)?

[Ben Crawford]

>----- Original Message ----
>From: RalfGesellensetter <rgx at gmx.de>
>To: kde-edu at kde.org
>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 4:44:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [kde-edu]: KEPA: kde4 Edu Portable Apps (for Windows)?
>
>Am Mittwoch 21 November 2007 schrieb Saro Engels:
>> As I have said before the main problems are the lack of developers
>> and the lack of quality / stability. If you find someone though who
>> is keen on testing and improving the Windows ports, just send him to
>> us.
>
>Hi Saro, thanks for your valuable reply!
>
>I know dozens of pupils who are ready to try out free software - if I 
>just had a link where to get those apps?
>
>Is there any need to release a separate "standallone/portable" version 
>for KDE Edu apps - to make them runnable right from a USB stick 
>(without the need of pre-installation)?
>
>As for "branding" (this is more or less what I was thinking of) there 
>should be no string freeze (the info box containing the name of the 
>developer etc. should be changable independently). However, re-branding
 
>is possible for windows off-spins, so it might be wiser to refer to 
>GNU/Linux/KDE on the project's web page.
>
>Regards
>Ralf
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I can see plenty of great opportunities for standalone/portable apps.  Two situations come straight from my experiences at the school I teach at.

Situation 1:
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)

Situation 2:
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)

I'm sure there are other similar and different situations, I've just mentioned the 2 that I have experience with.

I appreciate all of the hard work that the kde-edu people put in on all fronts.  A job very well done!!

Cheers,
Ben






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