Quote Originally Posted by 2600
What's the point of running an operating system from a CD? I guess just to sample it?
There are *many* uses for a live CD. First of all, it can be used to sample Linux for skeptics, or people who think it's too 'hard'. Another use for it is when your os refuses to boot or something, in which case you can toss in Knoppix, or Slax, (or whichever distro has a live version) and fix the problem. I've also heard of servers which were cracked, or crashed somehow, which needed a live CD to bring the server back up quickly in a time of crisis. Live CDs are also good for people who *refuse* to use Windows, so they carry around their CD everywhere they go. I could go on.