PDF files : printing protected !

[Alf-Ivar Holm]

Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> writes:

> But there is no point trying a live CD, knowing well that I am never
> going to install Ubuntu on it... waste of time.

That's one reasons for having a live CD: to make a machine useful
(e.g. when travelling) without installing.

> He really doesn't care the slightest bit about computers, they are just
> a painful but necessary machine in his eyes, the less he sees of it, the
> happier he feels. 

Don't we all.

> Plus, although I have not really checked the exact specs of his
> laptop, I anticipate that it's not modern enough for Ubuntu.  

I thought that Ubuntu was supposed to run fine on laptops _and_ on old
boxes.

> Hard drive would be large enough I think, it has sound and a dial-up
> modem, but the screen is too small, I think the native resolution
> must be 800x600, and I really wouldn't want to have Ubuntu with such
> a disastrous resolution. 

Why is screen resolution important for printing a PDF file?  The
dial-up modem could be a problem though, but if he has the PDF-file on
an NTFS partition I guess the live CD will mount it and the file will
be accessible anyway.

> No really, Ubuntu will never make it on my friends work laptop, at
> least not in the foreseeable future...

With a live CD it is gone again after (eject and) reboot.

	Affi