Michael Hanke wrote: > I think VMs are superior to Live-CDs for this task as the VMs can be > used as a living Debian system that can be further customized. In > contrast Live-CDs always feel like a snapshot of a certain system that > one has to live with.
just for the records: live-cds can be persistent too. > If a user discovers any problem with a Live-CD image, the best he/she > can do is report it and wait for it to get fixed, redownload and try > again. But most likely it won't happen. Why should one replace one set > of installation/maintainance problems with another. with persistency, you can modify it as if it would be a 'non-live' system; and once you reboot it, your previous changes are still there. > A VM image can be easily modified/fixed/customized. Additionally > IMHO it demonstrates much better the real advantages of Debian: the > wealth of high quality free software only one 'apt-get' away. apt-get can be used on our livecds just as on every 'non-live' Debian system, regardless if persistency is enabled or not. -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
