> 1) If it's on the virtual machine, does it really need you to create a > password for the notebook? That seems overkill for this. If it's > literally run off a CD that's pointless;
good point, I will make the icons run sage -notebook require_login=False maybe I also precreate the admin account > I guess if it's on a USB > stick maybe that saves the password? (I don't know.) The point is, you have to create admin only at first boot. After creation of a savefile (this works if booting from CD,from USB, netboot or harddisk installs) all changes are persistent. > then there is a SeaMonkey error because it's waiting for the NB to > start at localhost:8000 I struggled with that briefly, but I couldn't come up with a better solution so far than just to wait a fixed amount of time before the start of the browser. Could anyone provide a short snipped of bash code that waits for a reponse on port 8000 and -then- starts the browser? > 2) When you click on the Sage NB or the command line, two windows come > up. That is annoying. I see, I will have to start them minimized. > Exactly what security risk would using an exe installer (say, if it > were downloaded to a Windows 7 box and someone opened the installer) > pose? I don't know exactly. There were no negativ reports about other exe installers trashing some windows systems on the puppy forums either, so I guess it is kind of tested technology now.. I used the exe installer several times to quickly pimp some old and completly slowed down Windows boxes of friends. For me its by far the fastest possibility (just download 120MB exe file) to get some useful OS installed. There were no problems until now, although as soon they started using it they rarely booted Windows again. In my test installs I had also no problems, and I mess around a lot. Although if in doubt, repartition and install it (frugally, wizards inside) in a small linux partition (4 GB disk is more than enough) thanks for feedback emil >Though Cygwin will still be a "more" native solution, something > that is one-click is really the point for us. > > - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
