Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ...

2021-10-24 Thread Ricardo C. Lopez
On 10/24/21, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Microsoft WSL2 - if on Windows Pro - and Debian WSL image. WSL2 is sorted > by Microsoft and "just works" on Windows. Debian image can be downloaded > from Microsoft Store - there is another way to get images that are > distributable round a business but I'm

Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ...

2021-10-24 Thread Ricardo C. Lopez
On 10/24/21, Bret Busby wrote: > I wonder at the ethics and legality of using the computer system of a school, > for your own personal business Well yes, what I had in mind wasn't exactly kosher, but in a sense I wasn't hacking their rear ends or messing with their computers in a way that would

Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ...

2021-10-24 Thread Ricardo C. Lopez
Well, I see too many "possible" problems of technical and political nature. Perhaps I was too hopeful and/or Voltaire is still as right as ever, but I was hoping for "yeah, sure!", "here is a link showing how to do it ..." kinds of answers. Here is plan B: * I may have to use an extra laptop (

Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ...

2021-10-24 Thread Ricardo C. Lopez
Use case: At work (a school) they use Windows 10 and IT is kind of fundamentalist about it. So I am thinking of "just" using the RAM and the processor in their machine. I am thinking of: * running Debian Live from an external USB attached DVD player * via Qemu, which, of course, I will have to i