On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:10:59PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Michael Hanke wrote: > > I think VMs are superior to Live-CDs for this task as the VMs can be > > used as a living Debian system that can be further customized. In > > contrast Live-CDs always feel like a snapshot of a certain system that > > one has to live with. > > just for the records: live-cds can be persistent too. > > > If a user discovers any problem with a Live-CD image, the best he/she > > can do is report it and wait for it to get fixed, redownload and try > > again. But most likely it won't happen. Why should one replace one set > > of installation/maintainance problems with another. > > with persistency, you can modify it as if it would be a 'non-live' > system; and once you reboot it, your previous changes are still there. > > > A VM image can be easily modified/fixed/customized. Additionally > > IMHO it demonstrates much better the real advantages of Debian: the > > wealth of high quality free software only one 'apt-get' away. > > apt-get can be used on our livecds just as on every 'non-live' Debian > system, regardless if persistency is enabled or not. I guess I do not know enough about Live-CDs, but obviously others have this problem as well. Is it true that it is as easy as a VM to setup a Live-CD for daily productive work? And I'm talking about the user-perspective.
To my understanding the VM would require installing the virtualization software (click through) and choosing a folder you want to mount within the VM. What would be necessary to achieve the same with a Live-CD? Cheers, Michael -- GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke ICQ: 48230050 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
