Re: [Health] GNU HEALTH LIVE CD

[Axel Braun]

Hi Raymond,

Am Montag, 16. Dezember 2013, 17:30:20 schrieb Raymond Omeni:

> I have waited for Kostis's response concerning ''the one-click''
> installation of GNU Health on OpenSUSE to ascertain the ease of
> installation on openSUSUE. But going by the instructions on the link you
> provided in the email to Kostis, I would say it takes quite a number of
> clicks to install GNU Health on OpenSUSE.

After you have included the repositories for python and tryton, it is acutally 
a one-line (zypper in gnuhealth) as it resolved all dependencies 
automatically. I found the installation via script much more difficult (and 
never meneged to complete it due to missing dependencies etc...)
 
> Majority of those who are in position to evaluate and enventually adopt
> GNU Health may not be people with horned skills in IT, therefore if the
> installation involves too many technical details, there will be a
> preference for an easier EMR installation.
> 
>   I know it may require a lot of work from the GNU Health technical crew
> but in my opinion(and I guess the opinion of many silent voices), a live
> CD of pre-installed GNU Health with the option of installation to hard
> disk is the way to go. This way, people can easily easily evaluate GNU
> Health and decide whether to install it or not on hard drive.

Agree, a Live Cd would be a good option (next to the demo server to play 
around). Actually I started working on susestudio, which allows you to build 
Live CD. I'm looking for a lean CD with LXDE Desktop, but that causes some 
trouble. I will share the tests once they are done.

Am Montag, 16. Dezember 2013, 19:02:13 schrieb Kostis Mousafiris:

> I am using Ubuntu and Debian as my two basic distros and so,
> I am all too hesitant in jumping into an entirely different distribution
> such as OpenSUSE....

can imagine...I tried ubuntu a couple of times but could not really get a grip 
on it....nor do I understand the hype around it. But fortunately we have the 
freedom of choice....

> Despite my eagerness about GNU Health, I do not think I will embark onto
> OpenSUSE at all.

Interesting, what is the reason for it?

> I still remain of the same opinion as Raymond and I really feel that a
> live CD of a pre-installed instance of GNU Health
> would make it so much more appealing for people not-technically-adept to
> at least give it a go.
> Thanks however for listening to my thoughts.

See above, we have the same opinion...

Best wishes
Axel

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