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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:49:46 +0100 james kilty wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 19:39 +0100, Grant Sewell wrote: > > Many years ago I contacted my > > then-local Adult Ed people about *ME* running a Linux course and I > > got exactly the same treatment as James. > I would have asked you to be one of the guys offering a session then > as we were neighbours more or less - was it Helston by any chance - > the IT guys would have been the same and vetoed it. It was indeed. This would have been late 2003 to early 2004. > How do we get round this other than by asking people to bring laptops > in or having lots ourselves? I imagine different reasons would be > given - it would be nice to couple up to the Internet to download > updates etc. and demonstrate the how-to but they's probably say Linux > was insecure. Bootable USB storage, either HDD or pendrives. My vote would be for a stock of cheap USB2 HDDs. > James > > > snip > > But, I'm now teaching at a new FE College, so there's renewed > > opportunities! > How is it going then - any warmth? > > James Maybe. I don't want to count my chickens yet, but I think they may be receptive to the idea. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html