Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:23 AM Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: >> I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single >> problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every >> time. >> > Personally I tend to use Ubuntu - mainly because it just gives you a > nice desktop experience and just works. I can easily fire up a full > browser, open all the xterms I want, and so on. I really don't care > about its pros/cons long-term because it is just a livecd - the > installed OS ends up the same no matter what distro you use to boot > off of. It all runs in a chroot so the only OS component that really > impacts the install is the kernel. > > But there are lots of choices. I don't really have a problem with > Gentoo having its own minimal iso, but I do encourage people to use > something more functional, simply because there are already a ton of > good livecds out there, and Gentoo doesn't really need to invent its > own. Since you only use the livecd image for an hour in the lifetime > of the entire system, it has pretty minimal impact on the overall > experience, even if it is the first thing you see. So, why not take > advantage of the polish other distros have put into theirs? >
I think I used Knoppix once and it worked fine. As you say tho, about anything Linux will work. Just another option, in case someone reading this needs it. Dale :-) :-)
