On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:10:35 +0200, Miroslav wrote in message <4149ab4f-76e2-f4e5-af96-38bd433dd...@uns.ac.rs>:
> On 10/20/2018 04:31 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > >> > >> It's a seniors club, 70-75 at average. Some of them are more-less > >> fluent in (pirated) Window$ -based mouse clicking to browse the > >> Net, email, and office. So my point is to show them that there are > >> free & unrestricted alternatives. As I said I have two machines > >> there, one is wired to a big TV so they who sit in a last row can > >> listen & watch. That one machine is Devuan Jessie 64-bit for now, > >> I installed it just for test as I never used Devuan distro before. > >> However, I am more experienced in Ubuntu, so I want to show them > >> its desktop too. But the idea is not to disconnect/reconnect each > >> machine from the TV to switch different distro, instead I want to > >> run Devuan as a 'proxy' for Ubuntu to appear on TV as a second > >> option. > > > > Why not just dual-boot between Devuan and Ubuntu? > > Dual boot doen't *require* one of the systems to be nonLinux! > > > > Hendrik, both boxes came to the club installed with Window$, and I > have to keep them that way ..easy now, if these has lawful copies of Wintendo installed, you _can_ keep them that way. Now if these are the pirated ones you spoke about, any judge worth his salt will tell you you can _not_ keep them that way, and clarify that wrath of law in your verdict. ..which is why I'm happy to see these 2 boxes came to the club and not to you, and that a judge might believe how hard it is to get the club membership to understand why they need to comply to the license terms under your laws. > (partially) until the club members clearly > show they want to learn something else than that. And the boxes' > features are insufficient for a triple-boot endeavours. Important is > also to show the audience that they always can reboot into their > 'favourite' environment. > > Misko -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
