[Edu-sig] re: Network-safe Python Install for school use?

[Jeff Sandys]

It is easy to make a cd that will run Pyhon on Windows without 
installation.  Just copy the complete Python directory from a 
Windows computer with Python installed, AND the Python dll.

Thanks,
Jeff Sandys

> Art,
>
> At first glance LiveCD is an interesting solution. But the problem 
> with it is that I want to be teaching (and learning) Python, not 
> Linux. I don't think it will work to take a student whose background 
> is in Windows, throw him/her on a Linux box and say, "Let's write 
> some Python!"
> 
> I think building a standalone Python CD that will run on Windows is 
> more likely to work for me. Then at least I can tell the sysadmin 
> that I'm not going to install anything on the PC.
> 
> Kent