Comments on: Using a liveCD as your Linux Desktop http://www.livecdnews.com/2005/12/26/using-a-livecd-as-your-linux-desktop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-a-livecd-as-your-linux-desktop News from the LiveCD World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Teobromina http://www.livecdnews.com/2005/12/26/using-a-livecd-as-your-linux-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Teobromina Sun, 22 Jan 2006 07:47:24 +0000 http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=237#comment-145 I used to install Linux on the hard disk at every new version of my favorite distro. But I do not see any advantage. Installation or updating take long time, and is specific of a computer. Now I prefer live distros that start fast, and I can enjoy the changes without delay. Some distros, like DamnSmall may easily be customised with extensions, carrying in the CD just the programs I want, as if the Linux was installed, but without the risk to 'break' anything. At the end of the session, if I have generated some documents, I save it in my pendrive allowing me to continue my work in another machine. Why I would need to keep installing Linux? I used to install Linux on the hard disk at every new version of my favorite distro. But I do not see any advantage. Installation or updating take long time, and is specific of a computer. Now I prefer live distros that start fast, and I can enjoy the changes without delay. Some distros, like DamnSmall may easily be customised with extensions, carrying in the CD just the programs I want, as if the Linux was installed, but without the risk to ‘break’ anything. At the end of the session, if I have generated some documents, I save it in my pendrive allowing me to continue my work in another machine. Why I would need to keep installing Linux?

]]> By: Nicholas Brand http://www.livecdnews.com/2005/12/26/using-a-livecd-as-your-linux-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Nicholas Brand Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:06:37 +0000 http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=237#comment-118 If you carry around a USB flash drive with the LiveCD, you could use move from computer to computer, or if you use multiple sessions on a CD like in Puppy, or if you saved programs/changes to a network address (like SLAX) you could move around too. Of course, I agree it will be nice once bootable flash drives take off. If you carry around a USB flash drive with the LiveCD, you could use move from computer to computer, or if you use multiple sessions on a CD like in Puppy, or if you saved programs/changes to a network address (like SLAX) you could move around too. Of course, I agree it will be nice once bootable flash drives take off.

]]> By: Jeroen Rijckaert http://www.livecdnews.com/2005/12/26/using-a-livecd-as-your-linux-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Jeroen Rijckaert Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:11:41 +0000 http://www.livecdnews.com/?p=237#comment-115 Why would you ever want to use a livecd for day to day use, while with about the same effort you can have it running from the hard disk? LiveCD are great for lots of things. But as soon as you are going to install your own apps and want to save your document, you are using just one computer the same way as a normal linux installation. As soon as (all/most) computer automagically boot from usb or flash disk it becomes intresting... Why would you ever want to use a livecd for day to day use, while with about the same effort you can have it running from the hard disk?

LiveCD are great for lots of things. But as soon as you are going to install your own apps and want to save your document, you are using just one computer the same way as a normal linux installation.

As soon as (all/most) computer automagically boot from usb or flash disk it becomes intresting…

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