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.
lateralus Reviewed by lateralus on . If you would like to try Linux Hello if you don't know ever since I started dual booting Mandrake 10.1 this past year I have become a sort of Linux finatic. I now dual boot XP and Kubuntu, but it wasn't until tonight that I actually gave thought into trying KNOPPIX which is a Linux distribution that can boot and run from one standard CD. It is a great thing to try if you are looking into trying linux for the first time. It is very easy if you can manage to download one 700MB ISO image and burn it to a CD-Rom and configure Rating: 5