Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

You can create a separate partition and redirect the user's data to that and don't enable SteadyState on that partition.On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Skylar Walker wrote:I use Steady State for several Windows computers labs that I maintain. Since I moved to that I haven't had to re-image the c

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

I use Steady State for several Windows computers labs that I maintain. Since I moved to that I haven't had to re-image the computers for anything except to add new software to the image. I recommend it to everyone. The advantage is that as soon as you restart the computer it resets everything to ho

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

On 08/16/2010 09:20 PM, Brian Phillips wrote: > Similar to Norton Ghost, or something of the like. > I've been happy with partimage for this purpose. Rolling back to a fresh XP install takes about 3 minutes. I would set it up like this: Partition 1: Linux installation (with partimage) Partit

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

I was interested in the MS steady state and found this from their handbook: *Windows Disk Protection On: -When Windows Disk Protection is turned on, it creates a cache file to retain all of the modifications to operating system or program directories. Histories, saved files, and logs are all store

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

Microsoft SteadyState is free.On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Chris Kosanovich wrote:On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Brian Phillips wrote: Have a disabled family member who has a computer as a connection to the outside world.  They don't use it for anything important.  

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Brian Phillips wrote: > Have a disabled family member who has a computer as a connection to the > outside world. They don't use it for anything important. No banking, > nothing. Just games and social networking. > > This family member is also virus prone. I'd l

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

On 08/17/2010 10:21 AM, David Hilton wrote: > I have a hard time agreeing with the VM option, as I've done it and disliked > it, but she might not mind. > > If you want speed, dd isn't your only option. rm+cp and rsync (with delete) > both should work. >From Linux, rsync with NTFS may not preser

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

I have a hard time agreeing with the VM option, as I've done it and disliked it, but she might not mind. If you want speed, dd isn't your only option. rm+cp and rsync (with delete) both should work. I set up a similar thing back in 2003 for my parents. I had a copy of their OS partition on my c

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

I second this approach. It has the distinct advantage of being quick to rollback. Anything based on periodic snapshots would be much quicker than a DD approach. Major downside is that the OS is running inside of a VM, meaning less performance (although it sounds like you might not care that much

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

Also, chrome os is supposed to be for this sort of usage profile, i.e. they can't change the distro, and they save everything out on the web, and it is simple to use, because it is mostly just a browser. But I don't know how far along it is or if it would be ready for general consumption yet. Jam

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

+1 to David's suggestion--only it is very time consuming to do that. You can save an image of a whole partition with a fresh install via dd on the command-line in Linux. Create a backup partition, and just boot into a live environment. Restoring an XP image with no software will take about 1-3 h

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

I setup a Windows install inside of Virtualbox. Then when it gets corrupted, you can roll back to the last snapshot / backup. Richard On Monday, August 16, 2010 21:20:22 "Brian Phillips" wrote: > Have a disabled family member who has a computer as a connection to the > outside world. They don

Re: [uug] Need an open source alternative

How about linux? Just put a simple script in init that runs dd, then reboots. You might want to put the script on a separate device, so not only would linux have to be started, but a specific usb key would have to be attached. David On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Brian Phillips wrote: > Have

[uug] Need an open source alternative

Have a disabled family member who has a computer as a connection to the outside world. They don't use it for anything important. No banking, nothing. Just games and social networking. This family member is also virus prone. I'd like to give her Linux, but that would probably cost me more time