[Live-demo] Re: Please check the updated USB quickstart

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Wed Feb 22 16:16:07 EST 2012


On 02/22/2012 11:43 AM, activityworkshop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yep, that pretty much describes what I already did. The only sentence I
> find confusing is this one:
> If using a DVD, then put the DVD into the DVD drive.
>
> I'd leave this sentence out completely, because you're already running
> ubuntu, you've already downloaded the iso to the hard drive, and you've
> plugged in the usb stick - that's all you need.
>
> Oh, and if you're running ubuntu, then the path to the startup disk
> creator isn't "System - Administration - Startup disk creator" (or even
> "Applications - System - Startup disk creator" as in your screenshot).
> In the default Ubuntu live system you don't get a programs menu like
> that at all, just a place to type in a search term. See for example
> this screenshot:
> http://cdn.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dash.jpg
> or search for "ubuntu 11.10 dash". I don't know a clear way to describe
> it, but it's pretty different from the start menus most people are
> familiar with.

Good point, those instructions are based on gnome. I'll revise the wiki 
for XFCE which is what we ship. The terminal method should work on XFCE.

Thanks,
Alex


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