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[News] Advocating GNU/Linux Live CDs for Everyone, Everywhere

  • Subject: [News] Advocating GNU/Linux Live CDs for Everyone, Everywhere
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:09:58 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Why 'LiveCD' Should Be a Part of Every Computer User's Vocabulary

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| Moreover, Linux based LiveCDs come in a great variety with one of the first 
| Linux LiveCDs to appear being Knoppix. Many Linux LiveCDs like Knoppix and 
| the Fedora and Ubuntu Live distributions load versions of Linux that closely 
| resemble desktop installs of Linux, and provide access to robust desktop 
| environments such as KDE or Gnome and applications such as OpenOffice.org.    
| 
| [...]
| 
| Before you head out the door to make a trip to the airport or even the local 
| coffee shop, remember to grab not only your keys, but also a copy of a Linux 
| Live CD.  
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http://www.sys-con.com/read/514335_p.htm

Microsoft is at the moment playing catchup. Some time in the future it expects
to have a 'companion' USB drive that plugs in to existing Windows
installations, for settings and data to be portable. This is far, far behind
Linux. Far behind.


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/

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