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 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 On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Daniel Jitnah <djitnah@greenwareit.com.au>wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:47:37 +1000
Roger <arelem@bigpond.com> wrote:
<snip>My daughter teaches python 3 in her software development classes.</snip>
As an aside, is VirtualBox (or similar) an option for running Linux under Windows 7 ?
HTH Andrew
Thanks Andrew 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. she is pushing the limits of th IT department by installing Tk. Roger
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!
I would also like you (or daughter) to expand on this "Other than windows apps not permitted by Acer" - Is this what it is or you are just simplifying here?
Daniel.
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