Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:34 AM, James Cameron wrote: > A general comment ... if any state is preserved by the children on the > USB sticks, and there is no copy of the state kept elsewhere, and there > is a possibility of power failure, premature removal, or other > interruptions, then every softw

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:34 AM, James Cameron wrote: > I've arrived late. I've been listening to this discussion for a week. > > A general comment ... if any state is preserved by the children on the > USB sticks, and there is no copy of the state kept elsewhere, and there > is a possibility of

Re: [Marketing] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Caroline Meeks
>From the wiki: *Next Steps* - Try some alternate file structures. Create a Fedora Full Install USB Stick, restart it a bunch of times and see if it does better. How much space will the Fedora Full Install take? Create an Open Suse USB Stick, restart it multiple times and see if it fails. How muc

Re: [Marketing] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 13:50, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 22:15, Caroline Meeks >> wrote: >> >> >> >> But anyway, we don't _need_ an expert. Rather an advanced linux user >> >> that can ask the right questions, rea

Re: [Marketing] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Caroline Meeks
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 22:15, Caroline Meeks > wrote: > >> > >> But anyway, we don't _need_ an expert. Rather an advanced linux user > >> that can ask the right questions, read shell scripts, inspect a > >> running system, etc. Already asked

Re: [Marketing] Reducing Stick Failures - Was Re: press release opportunity...

2009-07-31 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 22:15, Caroline Meeks wrote: >> >> But anyway, we don't _need_ an expert. Rather an advanced linux user >> that can ask the right questions, read shell scripts, inspect a >> running system, etc. Already asked in the local linux user groups? > > Hi Tomeu, > I'm trying to put