== Offline Instance == There are an increasing number of requests from organisations on the ground to run something locally for operational management &/or data collection for the central hub. * [http://portableapps.com PortableApp] from {{{chamindra}}} for running from USB: http://download.sahana.lk/liveusb/sahanapy-portable-0.2.zip * Includes Bzr to allow future updates to be pulled easily * Virtual Machine coming soon from {{{lifeeth}}} ------- == Linux OS for a useful tool == I stared using Puppy Linux about 3 - 4 months ago. It just seemed the '''Most User Friendly''' and was small and it worked on first try. It's cd worked on my sony laptop and the flash drive boot worked on my toshiba latop. But found my wireless without any problems and was online within minutes. Puppy Linux can boot from a USB FLash Disk thumb drive on newer PC's direct from a BIOS boot drive selection (usually hitting the Delete key or the F12 key). Puppy Linux can also boot directly from a CD disk drive from a CD disk The ".ISO" 105 Megabyte Puppy Linux file download is burned slowly at x4 or x8 speed onto a new empty CD-R disk with multisession enabled. This Puppy Linux CD will just boot up and run with out any hard disk drive at all and will save files written back to the same CD. Using Puppy Linux is a good choice to get infrastructure built up again in Haiti for extremely low cost! * PuppyLinux [http://puppylinux.org Puppy Linux 4.3.1 ] from (((WB7ODYFredOregon))) This 106 Megabyte Download for booting from multisession CD-R / CD-RW drive or botting from USB FLash Disk Drive. Puppy Linux has a Universal Installer application that allows for installing to a CD disk or a Full Hard drive or a USB Flash Disk. Boot Flash Installer is just for inatalling to a USB FLash Disk thumb drive. Easy to carry in your pocket files are saved to the USB Flash Disk, so you have and keep your changes and updates on the same device. Best use of USB FLash Disk drive. Your OS, your apps and your data are kept with you if you plug this into a new PC and boot with it. Very Very Useful! Supports many wired ethernet Cards, wireless PCI cards, and wireless WIFI USB dongles directly with no additional downloads. Has a SIP Voice over IP (VoIP) application named PSIP to use speaker and microphone to make telephone calls over the internet to other PSIP telephone stations. If you setup an account with an Internet Telephone Service Provider (ITSP) you can make long distance and international calls to standard telephones, but these calls are not free, you do need to pay the ITSP bill. * Dpup.org [http://dpup.org ] Debian base Puppy Linux "Woof" build from debian sources. Can use existing apt-get Debian application binaries to run on dpup PuppyLinux OS. Dpup is a good stable puppy linux with many applications in a small size (100+ Megabytes). Puppy Linux has a nice set of applications, Seamonkey Web Browser, Xchat IRC, Geany Text Editor, DidiWIki Personal Wikie, Graphical File Transfer Program (gFTP), Semonkey Email app, PSIP Voice over IP, Transmission Bit Torrent Client, VLC Media Player, Inkscape Vector editor, optional installation of OpenOffice 3.1.1 application Writer, Calc, Impress. [http://puppylover.netsons.org/dokupuppy/programs:office_suite English Open Office v 3.1.1 .PET File for installation to PuppyLinux] [http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html PuppyLinux Google Search tool] ---- == Installing Linux to USB Flash DIsk Drive from MS Windows == Two methods for installing Puppy Linux * Linux LIve USB application [http://www.linuxliveusb.com Linux Live USB] 1.7 Megabyte download application that runs on WIN 7, Vista, XP to install a downloaded ".ISO" file from one of the Linux distributions listed on their web site. 2nd) Download the ".ISO" file for Puppy Linux 4.3.1 [http://www.puppylinux.org/download] is one option. * Download a single .EXE file (107 MegaBytes in size) and a single click to install from WIN XP (not Vista) to a USB Flash Disk and create install a WakePUP image to a bootable floppy disk inserted into a floppy disk drive. [http://web4everyone.blogspot.com Blog entry describing installation of PuppyLinux to USB Flash DIsk] ---- == Other Links == [http://home.kendra.com/auto Using Puppy Linux] WB7ODY Freds personal ideas on using Puppy Linux in x86 PCs on the ground in Haiti. [http://puppylover.netsons.org/dokupuppy/programs:office_suite English Open Office v 3.1.1 .PET File for installation to PuppyLinux] ---- [wiki:Haiti]