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As someone who used both in 2010 - the experience of the USB was much much better (actually worth demonstrating). I also note that more and more laptops are not coming with a DVD drive.
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Tuesday, 9 August 2011 at 9:29 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div>Peter,<br>Could you please organise to us with an indication of what distribution <br>formats will be available to us at FOSS4G.<br> From feedback we have been getting, I'm guessing that if there is <br>sufficient budget, it would be good to have a mix of USB and DVDs. We <br>might only provide USBs to VIPs (as per foss4g 2010. From memory, around <br>150 8Meg USBs were printed).<br><br>On 09/08/11 19:45, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>I would prefer a USB drive:<br>1) my netbook does not have a dvd device<br>2) it is *much* faster. I could get something done on a usb device.<br> From a dvd, that is much harder. Usuability and speed go hand in hand.<br>If I want to test an application and it takes too long to boot, I'm<br>already busy doing something different.<br>3) Unfortunately no experience building a usb version of the live dvd<br>(I use a virtual machine).<br><br>Johan<br><br>On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Cameron Shorter<br><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>OSGeo-Live will be handed out to all delegates at FOSS4G 2011 in Denver, and<br>what I'd like to know is whether we should distribute on a DVD or USB.<br><br>In Barcelona, we were unsure whether the USB version would work on most<br>computers, so we gave USB's to presenters only, who we thought would likely<br>be forgiving if it didn't work) and we gave DVDs to everyone else.<br><br>So my question to the community is:<br>If you were given an OSGeo-Live DVD at FOSS4G 2010, were you able to boot<br>from it on your computer (and whatever other computers you may have at<br>home)?<br><br>If you have experience building a bootable USB, I'd also like to hear from<br>you.<br>Probably best to reply to myself and/or <a href="mailto:live-demo@lists.osgeo.org">live-demo@lists.osgeo.org</a> and avoid<br>swamping the discuss list with traffic.<br><br>On 03/08/11 06:26, Peter Batty wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Do you have a preference between DVD and USB? My laptop doesn't do DVDs so<br>I guess I have an inclination for at least having some USBs in the mix.<br>Don't know how costs compare though, will research further.<br></div></blockquote><br>--<br>Cameron Shorter<br>Geospatial Director<br>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br><br>Think Globally, Fix Locally<br>Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<br><a href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Live-demo mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org">Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo</a><br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc</a><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Cameron Shorter<br>Geospatial Director<br>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br><br>Think Globally, Fix Locally<br>Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<br><a href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Live-demo mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org">Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo</a><br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc</a><br></div></div></span>
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