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Re: PCLinuxOS coolness

__/ [ Jamie Hart ] on Thursday 24 May 2007 15:01 \__

> chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:qa5b53tfpvdaumme33cr6qrlbggrjjbleu@xxxxxxx:
> 
>> 
>> What a friggen cool feature!
>> 
>> "PCLinuxOS has a script called mklivecd, which allows the user to take
>> a 'snapshot' of their current hard drive installation (all settings,
>> applications, documents, etc.) and compress it into an ISO CD/DVD
>> image. This allows easy backup of a user's data and also makes it easy
>> to create your own custom live CD/DVD."
>> 
> Now that is cool.
> 
> I've often thought about making a custom livecd for diagnostic and recovery
> of ailing machines.  None of the existing ones seem to have just the right
> combination of tools that I like.
> 
> With this, I could install all the tools I like, set the desktop etc up how
> I like it, and then burn a livecd/dvd to take anywhere.
 
It makes it even more friendly and flexibile than rBuilder. That'll knock the
"too many distros" argument off to the moon.

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