Installing from Live CD is the new black?

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Mon Dec 15 06:57:55 UTC 2008


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> Chris Lumens wrote:
>>> I do kind of wish everyone used live CDs, but that's probably never
>>> going to be the way it works.
>>
>> That's just not gonna happen. Live CD are so small, they can't hold 
>> even OpenOffice.org (or hold it but sacrifice a lot of other much 
>> needed applications).
> 
> OpenOffice.org in a live cd is certainly possible. We do more locales 
> instead but if you want a custom live cd to include all the packages YOU 
> need, it takes about 20 minutes with a local mirror. Really easy.

But to make room for it you have to leave out something else, perhaps 
something just as important. This is why the DVD is a better option for 
install.

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