Thank you for the detailed reasons behind this;
makes me feel slightly smarter as to these 'glorified
typewriters' ;-)
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi :)
> It's a classic "reinventing the wheel". Customised "LiveCds" have the
> same functionality except the reinvention appears to have stripped out
> anything useful and then put back only 1 or 2 things you might need.
>
> Almost every distro nowadays has a "LiveCd" session that you can run
> either from a special Cd/Dvd or from the installer Cd/Dvd. Typically a
> LiveCd (or Dvd) has a full range of useful programs rather than just 1 or
> 2.
>
> The bit at the end of the article made me laugh. LiveCds are not noted
> for their speed. Cd/Dvd drives typically run about 1,000 times slower than
> a hard-drive. Typically they mitigate against that by loading as much as
> possible into Ram, assuming the machine has enough Ram. Some distros are
> so stripped down that they can entirely run from Ram and after booting the
> LiveCd you can take the Cd out. That's one reason i like SliTaz (a French
> distro) and Trinity Rescue Kit (although that is 'just' for repairing
> broken Windows and stuff (actually it does some other pretty cool things
> such as backups and networking things and stuff))
>
> LiveUsbs are MUCH faster and they are easier if you want to have a
> "persistent image" that remembers settings and configurations from one
> session to the next. Of course using the persistent image slightly
> decreases the security aspect because it can remember stuff.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> > From: anne-ology <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Monday, 31 December 2012, 3:18
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] the Ultimate Safe Computing Environment or
> not ;-)
> >
> > seems to have more cons than pros -
> >
> >
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/brilliant-tool-could-be-ultimate-safe-computing-environment.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmosbest+%28Gizmo%27s+Best-ever+Freeware%29
> >
> > Just wondering what your thoughts were ;-)
> >
>
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