[HLUG] Entering BIOS

[Tim Spivey]

That makes sense :)
On Apr 5, 2012 7:31 PM, "Sarah Chard" <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 19:12 +0100, Tim Spivey wrote:
>
> > I have noticed most computers have the CD drive set as the first boot
> > device. I wonder wouldn't it be preferable to offer tuxedu on a CD
> > rather
> > than USB sticks, it'd be cheaper too.
> >
> > Tim
>
>
> Hi Tim
> we did plan do to use CD's at first but following our experiences at the
> first school we visited where cd drives worked erratically and were very
> slow we decided to stick to USB drives which athough a bit fiddlier to
> set up at first do give a faster, more conistent user experience -
> children who are tuxedu's users get frustrated very quickly (as do many
> adults) if things don't work or work only very slowly so USB's are a
> much better choice - which is one of the reasdons we had much more
> success at our second school workshop day.
>
> Sarah
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