On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:21:33 -0800 Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:15:15 -0800 > > Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote:
... > > > This is a great idea; I do this when traveling with a work laptop, > > booting > > > Ubuntu off a live usb stick. With the 10.10 release the boot time is > > > unbelievably fast. There is a way to make the usb media a "persistent" > > > installation which allows you to save preferences, etc. to the media so > > upon > > > next boot you aren't reset to defaults. I myself haven't done that but > > > there is probably plenty of discussion on the topic at the Ubuntu forums > > if > > > it interests you. > > > > A live CD will only help for the problem of a rogue public computer - > > insofar as you're using your own laptop, why would a live CD add any > > security? [And if you don't trust your own computer, you should be > > using a live CD even when browsing from a secure network.] > > > > For me, when it's a work computer that has a Windows-only installation on > it, running Ubuntu from a Live CD is the only allowable way to use Linux on > the computer. Ah, ok. But for someone who actually controls the software on his computer, there won't be much benefit to running a live CD (unless one is worried that his installation has been compromised). Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110123232555.7244fc71.cele...@gmail.com
