Personal position is no, USBs are not worth it right now. Not with ReactOS not being able to reliably boot from USB. Until we reach that point, stick with CDs. At this point if someone does not have a SATA or IDE connected drive, their chances of installing ReactOS at all has already dropped below 50/50. The goal is to give people something that they can use. If we already know that it's not likely to work, we should not be expending effort or resources on it.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Pavel Pisa <ppisa4li...@pikron.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > my connection to REACTOS is really weak but there are my two > cents adds to the discussion. > > The media at booth are mainly a more firm version > of business card/leaflet where most important information > is pointer to the project webpages. I suggest (above all) to invest > into preparation of installer (for Windows, Linux and probably MacOS > and may it be for Android) which can be downloaded > and prepares boot USB drive automatically. There are existing > projects to start with. > > If you want to distribute your "visit card" for free, then use > CD, it is bigger to overlook when somebody brings it home and > if really wants to install system, he/she can download it from > website. > > Then you can offer USB Flash as an alternative but at cost > which covers your expenses. It is no lost for buyer because > USB Flash is generic investment and can be used for something > else or be upgraded for newer REACTOS installer. And some > people would be happy to buy REACTOS USB Flash at end user price > and know that price difference to bulk orders goes to the > REACTOS community. This way SLAX Linux USB keys are distributed > for example - can be bought at exhibitions or ordered online. > > Best wishes, > > Pavel > > > On Monday 12 of January 2015 12:47:02 Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > I fully understand that more and more computers these days come without > > > > optical drives. Still it's debatable whether that's really a problem for > > the average interested ReactOS prospect coming to our booth. > > > > Depends which type of computers you're talking about: if you're talking > > about mini-laptops for example, yes they don't have cd drives, but for > > bigger PCs I think they still have one (unless something happened in the > > world that I haven't seen...). > > > > H. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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