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[Gaetano Miglionico <gaemiglio@xxxxxxxxx>]

I also think that iso are bad for xp users, so why not create a cool
application that install linux like an update. With this app the
startubuntu project would have the real opportunity to grow. So why not
start?


2013/9/24 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...
>
>
> Thanks
> Spider
>
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