[GRASS-user] grass live CD for education

[ivan marchesini]

Dear Wouter..
do you know this:
http://livecd.ominiverdi.org/index.php?page=LiveCD&toc=livecd


hope this help...

cheers



Il giorno ven, 18/05/2007 alle 17.05 +0100, wouter.buytaert at scarlet.be
ha scritto:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am giving GRASS (and open source GIS) workshops every now and then. The 
> next one is in a few weeks. The problem is, I have only windows machines 
> available, and I have had bad experiences with badly installed CYGWIN and 
> GRASS versions in the past. (I have to leave it to the sysadmins).
> 
> I have proposed to use linux liveCD's but I am not allowed to use them due 
> to security reasons (access to the HD and network).
> 
> Theoretically it does not seem to be too difficult to disable those 
> functions on a liveCD. Although I am an experienced linux user, I have no 
> experience with liveCD's. So before I spend a lot of time trying, I would 
> like the opinion of the mailing list.
> Specifically:
> 
> - anyone with experience making linux live CD's including grass?
> 
> - if so, which distribution to start with (knoppix seems a logical choice 
> and has a good customisation manual)
> 
> - any hidden snakes under the grass that anyone knows of?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Wouter
> 
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Ivan Marchesini
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