12 Jan
2015
12 Jan
'15
4:43 p.m.
Personal position is no, USBs are not worth it right now. Not with ReactOS
not being able to reliably boot from USB. Until we reach that point, stick
with CDs. At this point if someone does not have a SATA or IDE connected
drive, their chances of installing ReactOS at all has already dropped below
50/50. The goal is to give people something that they can use. If we
already know that it's not likely to work, we should not be expending
effort or resources on it.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Pavel Pisa <ppisa4lists(a)pikron.com> wrote:
Hello everybody,
my connection to REACTOS is really weak but there are my two
cents adds to the discussion.
The media at booth are mainly a more firm version
of business card/leaflet where most important information
is pointer to the project webpages. I suggest (above all) to invest
into preparation of installer (for Windows, Linux and probably MacOS
and may it be for Android) which can be downloaded
and prepares boot USB drive automatically. There are existing
projects to start with.
If you want to distribute your "visit card" for free, then use
CD, it is bigger to overlook when somebody brings it home and
if really wants to install system, he/she can download it from
website.
Then you can offer USB Flash as an alternative but at cost
which covers your expenses. It is no lost for buyer because
USB Flash is generic investment and can be used for something
else or be upgraded for newer REACTOS installer. And some
people would be happy to buy REACTOS USB Flash at end user price
and know that price difference to bulk orders goes to the
REACTOS community. This way SLAX Linux USB keys are distributed
for example - can be bought at exhibitions or ordered online.
Best wishes,
Pavel
On Monday 12 of January 2015 12:47:02 Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO wrote:
Hi!
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I fully understand that more and more computers
these days come without
optical drives. Still it's debatable whether that's really a problem for
the average interested ReactOS prospect coming to our booth.
Depends which type of computers you're talking about: if you're talking
about mini-laptops for example, yes they don't have cd drives, but for
bigger PCs I think they still have one (unless something happened in the
world that I haven't seen...).
H.