Hey bhaaluu - I've enjoyed your posts to the list so far. They're very informative and well-written. -Luke
bhaaluu wrote: > On 7/16/07, Tiger12506 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> curses does not run on my Windows XP computer. >> Is this supposed to be a Linux only module? >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> File "C:\Python25\lib\curses\__init__.py", line 15, in <module> >> from _curses import * >> ImportError: No module named _curses >> >> JS >> > > There IS a way to try Linux, Python, and curses WITHOUT > installing anything to the hard-drive of your MSWindowsXP > computer, and that is to download a Linux LiveCD ISO image, > and make a bootable CD from that image. Your computer > BIOS should be setup to boot from a CD. Put the LiveCD in > the CD drive, and reboot. The LiveCD runs in RAM, so you > need at LEAST 128MB RAM to run it (for good results). > Since it runs in RAM, nothing touches the HD. When you > are finished, simply Shutdown the computer, take out the CD, > and reboot into MSWindowsXP. > > Warning: there are over 200 Linux LiveCDs to choose from! > Not all of them are designed for developers, so they may > or may not have Python installed by default. One easy-to-use > general-purpose Linux LiveCD is called SimplyMEPIS. > You can find a download mirror here: > http://www.mepis.org/mirrors > You should have a fast connection to download this ISO image. > The SimplyMEPIS LiveCD is about 700MB in size! > > Python is already installed, as well as the curses module. > > This is a general-purpose desktop OS that runs the K Desktop > Environment (KDE), and has all sorts of interpreters and compilers > on it besides Python. It has a 75% 'Ubuntu' core with a 25% MEPIS > wrapper that makes things work out of the box. > > A Linux LiveCD can be carried with you, and used on remote > computers without having to install anything on the remote computer. > So you can have Python with you, wherever you go. =) > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor