Put your Linux Distro on a Live CD
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| An oddity of open source operating systems is the Live CD. It’s not something
| you’re likely to see coming out of Redmond or Cupertino any time soon, but
| for a few years now many Linux distros and versions of BSD have given this
| option. Recently, Live DVDs and Live USB have cropped up as well. These live
| systems are full versions of the operating system that run completely from
| the given medium. Which means you can carry them in your pocket and use them
| on other computers. They do not, by default, touch the hard drive, so they
| are completely safe to use.
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/put-your-linux-distro-on-a-life-cd/
Apple and Microsoft are miles behind in that area, so they pretend it's not
valuable and 'hide' it from people's knowledge (Microsoft hopes for something
kind of similar next year).
Yesterday:
Linux Live CDs: A Convenient Approach to Personal Computing
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| The choice of an operating system often results from the perceived ease with
| which these tasks can be accomplished. I would like to focus on Linux Live
| CDs as a way for an individual computer user to simplify computing. Live CDs
| started out as a marketing tool for different Linux “distributions” (or
| distro). A distribution in simple terms is a customized version of Linux. It
| is created by compiling and packaging software components geared towards a
| certain type of usage. All Linux varieties we see are certain distributions
| developed by a group of people or companies. They can choose the distribution
| to be commercial or free, general purpose or highly specialized.
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http://desicritics.org/2008/03/27/123808.php
Related:
Secure web browsing through Live Linux distros
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| Banking isn't the be-all and end-all: there's many other reasons you'd
| want a secure system, separate from what's on the hard disk, besides
| Internet banking. Traveller's can't necessarily trust the integrity of
| a computer in an Internet cafe.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13292/53/
Top 10 Linux FUD Patterns, Part 2
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| Nothing, however, beats seeing it in action! Remember what I said about first
| impressions? Live CDs are very useful weapons against FUD. They allow
| potential users to test drive the OS, to try before “buying”. This helps
| prove to some that Linux has come a long way in terms of automatic hardware
| detection and other features that make it user friendly. It’s also much
| easier than going to the extent of configuring a dual-boot system. The
| downside is, they can be a bit slow under certain conditions. If a friend has
| a Linux system already installed, it may be better to try that out instead.
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http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/top-10-linux-fud-patterns-part-2/
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