Hi. So where can i download some of these live cds? and if I install a package, does it get installed on the cd, or the hd? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaijin" <gaijin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:06 PM Subject: Re: linux on a windows box > On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 09:13:53PM -0000, alex wallis wrote: >> I'm wanting to get set up with a linux OS, but I don't really want to go >> down the route of jewel boot, and I don't have enough resources to run >> linux >> under vmware. > > Hello and welcome to the list, > > Have you ever heard of "LiveCDs?" Dunno if 512 is enough memory > to run everything you might want, but LiveCDs run in memory alone. Just > pop in the CD and start the machine, and voila, you're running Linux. > Unless you manage to mount the Windows partition and try to write things > there, it doesn't even touch the hard drive. There are a few flavors of > linux that offer LiveCDs, like Ubuntu, GRML, , Fedora (I think), and > Oralux, to name a few. They'll even get you online if your system isn't > too complicated. Anyway, you can use those to play around in linux and > see if you like it and leave Windows as-is. Documentation is usually > included right on the CD and can be viewed with Windows Notepad or a web > browser Get yourself a few blank CDs and try them all. I run Debian > (no LiveCD) because of the package (software) manager is the best in the > biz, and 99.9% of the time you don't have to search the web to find any > software. The entire collection can be installed with multiple > front-ends to the dpkg program (Debian's package manager), or go the > command line route and just type 'aptitude install <package' to connect > to debian.org, download and install the program. HTH, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
