---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <libsit...@gmail.com> Date: 22 May 2013 10:13 Subject: Re: [Koha] Live DVD (Was: Master-password (katikoan) and Live-DVD To: Mirko <5...@gmx.de>
Well, to be honest I really benefited from Live DVD. I am a librarian who had no prior experience about linux. The live DVD assisted me a lot to learn about Koha itself and the internal plumbing of linux. I am a self taught koha and linux user. I remember at KohaCon12 in Edinburgh, Scotland asking MJ and Chris Cormack about the possibility of a Koha Lived at the conference. No, was the asnswer. Thanks to Mr Olugbenga Adara of Nigeria and to my own persistence I taught my self. So it was the Live DVD, the Koha mailing list and my own willingness to learn. So if you ask me today, I am able to install Koha on a server with GUI or not, configure them properly for LAN or internet access and do training. I introduced Koha in all the teacher training colleges under the Ministry of Education, including the three new universities Nkrumah, Mukuba, NISTCOL and at the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), I wouldn't strike the Live DVD off. Its a very nice tool to begin with, so please dont shoot it down! On 22 May 2013 08:53, Mirko <5...@gmx.de> wrote: > Vimal, > > I tend to disagree. From what I get from people on mailing lists > that use the DVD is > - »I don't know anything about Linux« > - »I don't have time to learn« > - »I want to run the system without basic knowledge about it« > > Of course I do understand that librarians have other things to do > than learn GNU/Linux. With proprietary software they would pay a > company for support. That is an option for Koha too if there is > nobody in-house. The problem is that there is a general > misconception about Free and Open Source Software: it is free as in > freedom, but using it is not free of cost: either you spend time > learning or you spend money on somebody who knows about it. > > Vimal Kumar V. schrieb am 22.05.2013 > > In the case of a library professional, they have no Linux experience. > > They need to familiar with Linux desktop. Live DVD can provide > > familiarization. > > There is no need at all to use the »Linux desktop« to run Koha. > Servers are usually run headless, meaning no graphical user > interface, just a command line. > > > It give more confidence in them. Later they can learn ABCD's of Linux and > > Koha maintenance. > > I don't think this is neccessarily true. I am under the impression > that the DVD is used to actively avoid learning and it is never > going to happen once a library decided to use the DVD in production. > > > Small libraries can run Koha with the help of Koha Live DVD. When > > collection grows more, > > they can opt manual installation. > > Libraries with big collection can go for servers and manual installation. > > I do not understand what the size of the collection has to do with > the way Koha is installed. Even a small library with a tiny > collection should use the best Koha possible in production… and that > is not a Live DVD. > > I think this is very misleading and I really hope this (»small-> DVD > / big->real installation«) is not the way you are going to promote > the Live DVD. I strongly object to this statement and I do not think > that it has wide support within the community. > > As far as I remember, when you ran for Live DVD manager you talked > about using the DVD to learn about and test Koha and not use it in > production. I consider it very dangerous that you promote that now > and I did definitely not vote for that when I voted for you as Live > DVD manager. > > -- Mirko > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Charles Lwanga College of Education, P. O. Box 660193, Monze, ZAMBIA. Mobile: +26 0979 869471 SKYPE: Libsitali -- Charles Lwanga College of Education, P. O. Box 660193, Monze, ZAMBIA. Mobile: +26 0979 869471 SKYPE: Libsitali _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha