We discussed this in some detail when the Chapter was first buying laptops to loan out to volunteers, I even created some open source Puppy Linux example CDs. A benefit was that this was a way of avoiding issues of users borrowing laptops from leaving information on the hard drives, and if they liked the working environment they could keep the USB stick that created it. It is perfectly possible to create a cheap (£2 ?) 1 GB USB drive that can be used by anyone anywhere to run a safe linux (or kiosk) environment with basic browsers and internet connection, customized with handy links and information about Wikimedia, the UK charity or other open knowledge projects. It should be kept in mind that running from a USB stick is not possible for all laptop types, however it is also possible to create a DVD or CD image that does the same thing. The DVD/USB image could be shared on the internet so that anyone could create a copy on a USB stick, rather than the UK Charity supplying USB sticks. If USB sticks are going to be given out at Wikimania, it would be smart to have something like this on them to play around with, even if users were to wipe the stick and use it for storage. Fae On 12 May 2014 12:34, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: uses Wikipedia 4LT. over -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk