In order to stop muddying the thread that was swinging wildly off topic, here's a new thread.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 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..... No, you said: > All of Linux distros are "Live Distros" meaning they all pop in and run > only the demo mode without installing anything Scott replied: > Not all. Most do, but not all. Or, their live version will be somewhat > limited, just a demo. To which you replied: > That is what I said and what a "Live Distro" is - a DEMO mode > presentation and is what is called a Live Distro CD in Linux world. (Which, by the way, is NOT what you said, you said ALL Linux Distros are Live ISOs) dvdpst then restates what Scott said: > Not all are live Distros And you throw a wikipedia link at everone. So, from your own reference: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD > Since 2003, the popularity of live CDs has increased substantially, partly > due to Linux Live scripts and remastersys which made it very easy to build > customized live systems. Most of the popular Linux distributions now include a > live CD variant, which in some cases is also the preferred installation > medium. Note it says MOST distros, not ALL distros. ------------------------------------ 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/
