On 28/09/11 11:48, Liam McCallum wrote:
My proprietary rage level is rising.....
> Unfortunately due to the supply contract the school is locked down to > only what Acer permits on the computers. > Installing anything other than windows apps is not permitted.
I second Daniels comments;
> May be a way around this. Install VirtualBox and the VM file on a portable USB drive. This will only appear > as a drive on the laptop. VirtualBox is a Windows app. And the VM is not on the computer in that case. That > may satisfy the "ignorants". Surely they are not locking out external drives!
Why not run linux through a USB or some such equivalent. It will circumvent the contract conditions and provides a broader platform to use FOSS applications. With out knowing to many of the details
A: Students may already have a large enough USB device or can get there hands on one for relatively cheap or B: Can organise to purchase some for the class C: There are a huge range of linux distros for USB see www.pendrivelinux.com <http://www.pendrivelinux.com/>
There would be a fair amount of work to organise, implement this for a group of class of '20' students, but the payoff is greater freedom. Regards Liam
Students would and do happily use pure linux at home but -- 'school says No' They are not permitted to use their own computers or usb sticks and virtualbox is bigNO. Surveillance monitors the computers. Hence the question originally posed. Thanks anyway Roger