Thursday, October 15, 2009
Clearly I am missing something
On the opensuse-factory list this exchange has happened several times:
Q: Installation from LiveDVD is broken. Bug?
A: LiveCD's are not installation sources.
Clearly, something has changed in the Land of Linux Installers. Enough mind-share has shifted to "I install my linux with my LiveDVD" that it has become a very common question on the factory list when it doesn't work. When I was a kid, we installed our linux from an Install CD. LiveCD's were for things like Knoppix, used for ass-saving or quick access to Linux tools that don't exist on Windows. I seem to remember a way to install Knoppix to a hard-drive, but I never did so.
When did this change? Is this something Ubuntu is doing?
Q: Installation from LiveDVD is broken. Bug?
A: LiveCD's are not installation sources.
Clearly, something has changed in the Land of Linux Installers. Enough mind-share has shifted to "I install my linux with my LiveDVD" that it has become a very common question on the factory list when it doesn't work. When I was a kid, we installed our linux from an Install CD. LiveCD's were for things like Knoppix, used for ass-saving or quick access to Linux tools that don't exist on Windows. I seem to remember a way to install Knoppix to a hard-drive, but I never did so.
When did this change? Is this something Ubuntu is doing?
Labels: linux
<permalink> posted by riedesg : 10/15/2009 07:33:00 AM
