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From: Art on 19 May 2010 13:45 On Wed, 19 May 2010 09:06:19 -0800, "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw(a)gci.net> wrote: >Here is probably a dumb question. Are you saying that I could create a boot >CD and watch youtube and hulu without worrying about anything being written >to my harddisk? Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD The hard drives, whether internal or external, are accessible, so it's likely that malicious code on web sites can damage files and folders on the drives. If you want to run from live CD and not worry about malware, disconnect all hard drives. Art
From: Angus Johnson on 19 May 2010 13:48 On 19/05/2010 8:37 AM, Mark Warner wrote: > I'll be test driving it shortly, but if past experience is any > indicator, this should be a fine release, and a good starting point for > the Linux-curious. Mint 9 has been the *only* linux distro that properly installs the display (1024*768) on an old Dell C400 laptop of my wife's. PCLinuxOS 2010 will get me 640*480 with a bit of tweaking, but every other distro I've tried has ended up with a blank screen. I'm still getting used to gnome having always used kde until now, but am so far very impressed.
From: Mark Warner on 19 May 2010 15:00 Bill Bradshaw wrote: > Here is probably a dumb question. Are you saying that I could create a boot > CD and watch youtube and hulu without worrying about anything being written > to my harddisk? Prezackerly. Download the ISO, burn it as an image, and boot to it. Assuming a decent amount of memory -- 512MB min, 1024+ recommended -- smoon you'll be running a full featured desktop operating system, completely fro RAM and the CD drive. (Understand that performance will be degraded, due to the speed of the CD drive.) Nothing will be saved or written. When you shut down, everything just goes Poof!. -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mark Warner on 19 May 2010 15:31 Angus Johnson wrote: > On 19/05/2010 8:37 AM, Mark Warner wrote: >> I'll be test driving it shortly, but if past experience is any >> indicator, this should be a fine release, and a good starting point for >> the Linux-curious. > > Mint 9 has been the *only* linux distro that properly installs the > display (1024*768) on an old Dell C400 laptop of my wife's. PCLinuxOS > 2010 will get me 640*480 with a bit of tweaking, but every other distro > I've tried has ended up with a blank screen. I'm still getting used to > gnome having always used kde until now, but am so far very impressed. Have you tried MEPIS? I've got an antique Dell lappy that most distros won't give me more than 800x600, but MEPIS (either 8.0 KDE3.5 or 8.5 KDE4, doesn't matter) gives me 1024x768 ootb, and will go up to 1280x1024. -- Mark Warner ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Shadow on 19 May 2010 15:41
On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:00:07 -0400, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Bill Bradshaw wrote: >> Here is probably a dumb question. Are you saying that I could create a boot >> CD and watch youtube and hulu without worrying about anything being written >> to my harddisk? > >Prezackerly. Download the ISO, burn it as an image, and boot to it. >Assuming a decent amount of memory -- 512MB min, 1024+ recommended -- >smoon you'll be running a full featured desktop operating system, >completely fro RAM and the CD drive. (Understand that performance will >be degraded, due to the speed of the CD drive.) Nothing will be saved or >written. When you shut down, everything just goes Poof!. If Mint automatically mounts your "other" drives, with user permissions, it would be possible for javascript or others to write to these drives. I'd just disable harddisk support in the bios (if you have that option), physically disconnecting harddisk in laptops can be very unnerving, specially in a dark place, and boot the cd. You will need the mentioned memory (> 1Gb) for it to work smoothly. []'s |