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| 866119 | 2010-03-11 08:57:00 | This may be a silly question, but I occasionally see reference to this item to be used to boot from & thought it might be a handy thing to have. I have googled it & there seems to be a veriety, but what am actually looking for? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 866120 | 2010-03-11 08:59:00 | A Linux livecd is basically an entire Linux system that runs from a CD and doesn't require installing to your HDD. It doesn't touch your existing setup (unless you ask it to), and will leave no traces after you reboot. As far as which one to recommend - what are you wanting to achieve with it? That has a big bearing on which one you should use. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 866121 | 2010-03-11 09:02:00 | What do you wish to achieve? A system rescue? An alternative to Windows? A diagnostic tool? |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 866122 | 2010-03-11 09:34:00 | Also your hardware is a factor too. Ubuntu 9.10 Live will NOT run well on a 350Mhz Pentium II - but Puppy Linux will... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 866123 | 2010-03-11 09:56:00 | puppy is something I always take with me when going to other people's houses | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 866124 | 2010-03-11 10:50:00 | puppy is something I always take with me when going to other people's houses Funny that. Sometimes I find they already have a Puppy with teeth. Like Wainuitech for example. :eek: |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 866125 | 2010-03-11 19:38:00 | Heh thats the thing about linux, you google it when your first interested and never know what to click,where to start. Knoppix ,Slitaz , Puppylinux. Im using puppylinux right now fulltime on a laptop with a broken hard drive. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 866126 | 2010-03-11 20:05:00 | Never mind, I did say it may be a silly question. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 866127 | 2010-03-11 21:13:00 | Never mind, I did say it may be a silly question. Just download puppylinux and give it a go! |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 866128 | 2010-03-11 22:01:00 | That's it, it is not a silly question. The sheer number of Linux distributions is mind boggling. +1 for Puppy Linux. It's simpler than most and runs well as a live CD because it loads completely into RAM at start-up (if you have 256MB of RAM) |
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