[PLUG] Live CD List

bittin plattanemobarnet at gmail.com
Fri Oct 2 18:31:27 UTC 2009


i whould consider Kubuntu

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:55 PM, <dcouch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would also consider mint, as it is ubuntu without the hassle of hunting
> down proprietary codecs, etc.  I have used their live cd and it works well.
>  It is yet another flavor but well done and set up a bit more like a windows
> machine would be.
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tim Wescott" <tim at wescottdesign.com>
>
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:50:29
> To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;civil and on-topic<
> plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Live CD List
>
>
> Personally, I would hand her an Ubuntu disk, because I know it would have
> a good chance of making her happy, and it would require the least work on
> her part to get to the point of looking at a live Linux screen.  The list
> looks like a great thing if you're looking for the best disk to hand her
> -- but I wouldn't just send a link and leave her on her own; I'd engage in
> some evangelicalism.
>
> I would hand her an Ubuntu disk because (a) I use Ubuntu, and I can vouch
> for it being a very good distro for the recovering Windows user, (b) it
> has a friendly little "install me now" button right there on the desktop,
> and (c) I've used the live CD and it always works.
>
> The _only_ other Live CD distros I've used are Knoppix (which I like, but
> is really made to _only_ be a live CD distro) and DSL (which is cute, and
> worked well for me when I needed a distro I could put on a 256k USB stick,
> but is _small_).  So I can't call myself an expert on live CD
> distributions.
>
> On Fri, October 2, 2009 7:19 am, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> > I'm going to offer a Live CD to a coworker who lamented having to use
> > Vista. She mentioned having worked for Lucent, knew about Unix, but
> > hadn't heard of BSD or Linux. Before starting this e-mail I thought I'd
> > ask for recommendations on where to find a list of live cds. I continued
> > that line of thought and "heard" from several of you that Google would
> > be  my friend. Indeed it was. I Googled and found,
> >
> > http://www.livecdlist.com/
> >
> > Have any of you used this list?  Do you know of any gotchas or
> > hesitations I should be aware of before pointing my friend in this
> > direction?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dick Steffens
> > www.dicksteffens.com
> >
> >
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