Live CDs, was Re: [ubuntu-women] Happy Women's Day :)
Henrik Nilsen Omma
henrik at ubuntu.com
Thu Mar 9 10:55:32 UTC 2006
Claudine Chionh wrote:
> Live/bootable CDs have been multiplying recently. There are some
> specialist live CDs with specific audiences, like Quantian for science
> [1] and the Linux Genealogy CDs [2]. I've been thinking about how I
> could encourage public health researchers to use Linux or FOSS.
> Specialist live CDs seem like a way to gently introduce people to new
> software without making them worry about installing a new operating
> system. Do you think this is a useful approach?
>
Yep, I think that's a very good angle on it. Someone who might never
consider booting a Live CD on their home computer just for the fun of it
might well use it if it was useful for their job.
Such a person might not know or care what an operating system is, but
could think: My computer at home is really slow now and has all these
viruses on it. When I start it with the CD from work it seems much
better. If it could only be like that normally ...
- Henrik
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