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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To be successful, specially once XP reaches end of life next year and people / institutions start looking for options, will be, the traditional
Linux Install Fests:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4anIVrX01mI
the FLISoL people are great at this.
"FLISoL, an acronym for Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (Latin American free software install fest), is the biggest event for spreading Software Libre since 2005, performed simultaneously in different countries of Latin America. In 2012, more than 290 cities from 20 countries of Latin America participated on a FLISoL"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLISOL
Cheers.
From: rajshorya@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:20:21 +1200
To: contact@xxxxxxxxx
CC: startubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Startubuntu] A new installation Tool is needed

XP users will tend to be those who are not tech savvy, or can't afford to be tech savvy. SO, therefore, I think that it is fair to assume that the non tech-savvy's will not be willing to use a Live CD - they have to download an iso, downlaod software to burn to a disc and so on, not the easiest thing to do. So, Live CD is a bad idea. Wubi is fine, but it doesn't play nice - it favours Windows to some extent, I have seen, as it doesn't attribute as many resources. Also, it has been unstable - it almost ruined my laptop when I was forced to pull the plug on it. 


Custom installer - well yes, it will be hard, but that is not a good reason to not do something. It can be done, so is worth being done if someone wants it done. Until then, Wubi could work...




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