[Bigbang-dev] Windows installation

[Sebastian Benthall]

I've done the tutorial.

It turns out roughly 75% of business school scholars use Windows!!!
It was the blind leading the blind for an hour.

It would be better if we had more complete Windows documentation, or an
accessible containerized or web version.

Nevertheless, somehow people seemed to get a lot out of the 2 hour workshop.
Lots of positive feedback and enthusiasm about the tool, and some good
vibes from people who started from "I have no experience with this and have
no idea what I'm doing on installation" and got to "The notebook is running
but giving me an error in cell 7 because one of the mailing lists I tried
to analyze had funky data".

This was the notebook I used for the tutorial, which seemed to work as an
introduction to the software and its functionality:
https://github.com/datactive/bigbang/blob/main/examples/CLBE%20Tutorial%20Materials.ipynb


On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 2:52 AM Riccardo Nanni <riccardo.nanni9 at unibo.it>
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> just a quick followup on my previous email - hope the info was useful.
> This is a link to the Oracle VirtualBox with instructions, in case the
> students need it:
> https://www.oracle.com/it/virtualization/technologies/vm/downloads/virtualbox-downloads.html?source=:ow:o:p:nav:mmddyyVirtualBoxHero_it&intcmp=:ow:o:p:nav:mmddyyVirtualBoxHero_it
>
> And here are the instructions to download Ubuntu and install it on
> VirtualBox:
> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-run-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-virtual-machine-using-virtualbox#1-overview
>
> I don't know if they are beginners or not. When I started this was all new
> to me (including the use of a virtual machine), so I'm sending pieces of
> info that may be redundant. From our previous conversations I understand
> they are more well-versed than I was, but I don't want to take things for
> granted.
>
> Happy to meet them and see if I can help, if you think it's useful. Let me
> know!
>
> Best,
>
> Riccardo
>
> ------------------------------
> *Da:* Riccardo Nanni <riccardo.nanni9 at unibo.it>
> *Inviato:* venerdì 29 aprile 2022 16:27
> *A:* Sebastian Benthall <sbenthall at gmail.com>;
> bigbang-dev at data-activism.net <bigbang-dev at data-activism.net>
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Bigbang-dev] Windows installation
>
> Hi!
>
> Yes! I created a virtual box on my local computer with Oracle VirtualBox
> and installed Ubuntu there. Then used Bigbang as per instructions on
> github.
>
> Alternatively, I use Google Colab (the simple way without Google Cloud).
> This option is less feasible though.
>
> Unfortunately, now I'm not at home, I'm emailing from my phone. I'll reply
> in more detail in the next few days - sorry for the quick and undetailed
> response. But feel free to put me in touch with them if I can be helpful.
>
> Best,
>
> Riccardo
>
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> ------------------------------
> *From:* Bigbang-dev <bigbang-dev-bounces at data-activism.net> on behalf of
> Sebastian Benthall <sbenthall at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 29, 2022 4:02:15 PM
> *To:* bigbang-dev at data-activism.net <bigbang-dev at data-activism.net>
> *Subject:* [Bigbang-dev] Windows installation
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm starting to get some feedback from the CLBE participants.
>
> Two emails from Windows users requesting help with the installation.
>
> Any ideas about how to help Windows folks? I can't replicate their
> situation locally.
>
> Cheers,
> Seb
>
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