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From: Eeyore on 19 Feb 2007 12:49 Rich Grise wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > MassiveProng wrote: > > > >> I can boot Linux from a DVD and RUN it all day long, and I don't need to do > >> ANY installation! > > > > That sounds interesting. > > > > Where can I get one ? > > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Slackware+Live%22 > > (Yes, I'm a Slacker, and I'm proselytizing.) :-) > > Cheers! > Rich Does that actually run Linux straight from CD / DVD without an install ? Graham
From: Phil Carmody on 19 Feb 2007 12:49 Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: > MassiveProng wrote: > > > I can boot Linux from a DVD and RUN it all day long, and I don't need to do > > ANY installation! > > That sounds interesting. > > Where can I get one ? Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu all come as live CDs Gentoo does too. Knoppix was the original popular live CD. The only one of those that I like is Xubuntu, as I find KDE and Gnome to be slow, ugly, memory hogs. Phil -- "Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of /In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: nonsense on 19 Feb 2007 12:54 Eeyore wrote: > > Rich Grise wrote: > > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>MassiveProng wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I can boot Linux from a DVD and RUN it all day long, and I don't need to do >>>>ANY installation! >>> >>>That sounds interesting. >>> >>>Where can I get one ? >> >>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Slackware+Live%22 >> >>(Yes, I'm a Slacker, and I'm proselytizing.) :-) >> >>Cheers! >>Rich > > > Does that actually run Linux straight from CD / DVD without an install ? Mr. Supposed Expert can't click on a provided hot link?
From: Ken Smith on 19 Feb 2007 13:00 In article <ercbpb$8qk_009(a)s942.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: [.. surf web, get spam and play games ..] >>Go take a look at what all those PCs get used for. What I listed was most >>of it. People have PCs in there home that only serve as a very limited >>tool. > >Nope. I'm currently running a test so see just how much pressure >people are getting to start doing on-line banking. The latest >development is that any check you write is handled like a debit >card. The requirement for a voucher for each payment is disappearing. You are one person and certainly the minority. I'm about to look at what my wife is doing on her computer..... She is "surfing the web" right now. Like many others. Just because a few people do more complex stuff, you can't assume that everyone does. >>>> You get all that in many >>>>installs today. All the user has to do is answer yes to installing the >>>>software. >>> >>>Youare a decade behind. >> >>No. > >You aren't noticing or you've already converted. I'm running a 64 bit Linux. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 19 Feb 2007 13:03
In article <6baf5$45d8df82$49ecf3c$12829(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, nonsense(a)unsettled.com <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >Ken Smith wrote: [.....] >> I disagree. Fuzzy logic is just a digital guy trying to do analog. > >Disagree all you want. Disagreement doesn't change the >facts or the scope. Well you're the one hooking a scope on it and pretending not to be doing analog. :) -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge |