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From: garyh@agora.rdrop.com (Gary Hanson)
Subject: Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD?
To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 20:42:09 -0800 (PST)
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In-Reply-To: <199602261831.UAA07327@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Feb 26, 96 08:31:53 pm
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> "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
> > I'm starting to feel like my little "live CD" idea hasn't really
> > turned out to be such a big hit.
> 
> On the contrary, the install tools do not use it enough. I was waiting
> with baited breath for someone to fix unionfs, allowing a floppy to be
> union mounted on top of / - Voila! Full system running off a CD!

  Interesting, as I just received some junkmail from Red Hat today,
touting their fabulous new Linux "live file system CD - run Linux
directly from the CD " (or somesuch).

> > Most people aren't even sure how and
> > when to use it, just judging by the emails I get, and those that do
> > know what it's for report that they've used it oh, maybe once.

  It isn't a solution in search of a problem, it's a solution in
search of documentation.

  I'm sure that it's useful (ie, the mention of making link trees to
it for sources), though, er, I haven't used it yet myself.
 
  If the uses were documented and perhaps integrated with the
install programs, it could be very useful, particularly for those
with limited disk space. The live FS CD _is_ useful, but its
uses haven't been properly explained in the distribution yet.
 
  OTOH, there are lots of things that could be included in the
distribution (many good suggestions have been posted already),
it's merely a matter of sorting out the priorities.
 
  --Gary Hanson