Not sure if US military use is a selling point in most of the world. People are more likely to be suspicious than impressed.
Roy Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 12 January 2012 09:20, g.linuxducks <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Way off on a tangent there ? ? ? You stated only "some live distros have > a demo mode." ..... I then replied ALL LIVE DISTROS ARE IN DEMO MODE > WITH OPTIONS ALSO TO DO AN INSTALL. In other words the defintion of a > Live Distro is DEMO MODE WITH OPTION TO INSTALL TOO..... > > Live CD > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD > A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable > computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the > ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking > mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive. Live USB flash > drives are similar to live CDs, but often have the added functionality > of automatically and transparently writing changes back to their > bootable medium. Also, the solid-state device pure electronic operation > gives a significant speed advantage by eliminating the CD reader's > intrinsic mechanical latencies. Write-locked Live SD WORM systems are > the direct solid-state counterpart to live CDs and can be booted > natively in a media card slot or by using a USB adapter. Write-locked > Live SD systems avoid excessive write cycles or corruption by > ill-conditioned software, like viruses, which can prematurely "ruin" a > live USB drive's installation. > > The term "live" derives from the fact that these CDs each contain a > complete functioning operating system on the distribution medium. > > While a live CD typically does not alter any operating system or files > already installed on a computer's secondary storage (such as hard disk > drives), many live CDs include mechanisms and utilities for altering the > host computer's data stores, including installation of an operating > system. This is important for the system management aspect of live CDs, > such as removing malware, drive imaging, and system recovery. > > The default option, however, is to allow the user to return the computer > to its previous state when the live CD is ejected and the computer is > rebooted. It is able to run without permanent installation by placing > the files that typically would be stored on a hard drive into RAM, > typically in a RAM disk, though this does cut down on the RAM available > to applications. > > .....IN FULL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD > > > On 1/12/2012 4:16 AM, dvdpst wrote: > > Not all are live Distros. Most are but you do not understand what I > said. I > > built the system > > for that company. It is very security demanding. The system count And > times > > the run time > > of all drives. Not only the HD but the CD/DVD drives to. Among with any > > saves and to what > > drive. Only way I could bid on that contract. Government requirements. I > > needed some thing > > that would load to ram and run from ram. > > > > I am trying to convince management to switch to Linux as their OS. Will > > know tomorrow > > if I have clearance to bring my laptop to do an clean install of Linux. > If > > you have any other > > suggestions, I am open to them. > > > > david > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
