--- "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin -- > > We could put it on DVD-R, and I am thinking about > moving to that format > later this year. But what defines sexy for VistA? > Is it a great > healthcare information system demo or is an > attractive screen > background, OpenOffice, games, etc.? So far, I have > been leaning in the > latter direction, but could be persuaded that the > former is important.
I think for newcomers to the linux world, you have to have good first impressions. I think the sexy background and OpenOffice will help. Then it would be great to have a demo of VistA all ready to go. Thanks for all the work you have done on this.... Kevin > > Captive-NTFS is included in Open VistA. However it > doesn't really work > well yet for VistA. I know Jan Kratochvil, the > developer of > Captive-NTFS, and spent time with him in Prague > recently. Captive-NTFS > is ingenious, and will become more useful in the > future to VistA once > some other changes make their way into the Linux > kernel. But for now, > it is not very usable. Sounds like you have it straight from the horses mouth.... Can't wait until it works better. Seems like I got it working once, but I did't know enough about linux startup protocols to get it to automount etc. Now I can't remember which of my machines I was working on... Oh well, I don't really need it right now. Kevin > > An alternative to a USB drive is to create a > partition on your hard > drive formatted with a a Linux file system. > (Incidentally, a ball-point > pen with a 256MB USB flash drive is now down to > around $30 - and I paid > $60 for the same thing just 6 months ago. A used > car would have kept > its value better!) > > -- Bhaskar > > On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 10:48, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > --- "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately, > > > there's not enough room on Knoppix for VistA, so > the > > > OpenVistA live CD > > > omits much of what is in Knoppix (e.g., Open > Office) > > > and is instead > > > based on Morphix (http://morphix.org). > > > > > > > > > With the increasing availability of DVD-R, > couldn't we > > put it onto a DVD disk? That might make the > package a > > bit sexier. And if we could get the linux Captive > > NTFS interface pre-installed, then we could > obviate > > the need for the USB drive. I know that USB > drives > > are getting cheaper, but I don't have one yet and > > don't really have a need to spend the $50 or so > needed > > to get one yet. > > > > Kevin > > *************************************************************************** > This electronic mail transmission contains > confidential and/or privileged information intended > only for the person(s) named. > Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by > another person is strictly prohibited. > *************************************************************************** > > NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) > destinataire(s) mentionne(s) ci-dessus et peut > contenir de l'information privilegiee, > confidentielle et/ou dispensee de divulgation aux > termes des lois applicables. Si vous avez recu ce > message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous est pas destine, > veuillez le mentionner immediatement a l'expediteur > et effacer ce courriel. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic > Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 > today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47&alloc_id808&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
