is it a Live CD(bootable) or Installation CD ?

[lse123]

Tell me for Ubuntu or kUbuntu ?
:
"Requesting an Ubuntu CD free from your site" is it a Live CD(bootable) or Installation CD ? If the latter, may install from cdrom to USB FLASH DRIVE(to get it a USB stick bootable) the ubuntu ? After this is working, may add applications later to the USB FLASH DRIVE, So these stay permanently to the USB FLASH DRIVE so no need again reinstall them there (I refer for running(boot) from USB FLASH DRIVE) ?

[abn91c]

Tell me for Ubuntu or kUbuntu ?
:
"Requesting an Ubuntu CD free from your site" is it a Live CD(bootable) or Installation CD ? If the latter, may install from cdrom to USB FLASH DRIVE(to get it a USB stick bootable) the ubuntu ? After this is working, may add applications later to the USB FLASH DRIVE, So these stay permanently to the USB FLASH DRIVE so no need again reinstall them there (I refer for running(boot) from USB FLASH DRIVE) ?
it is both types, ubuntu 8.10 includes a program to make USB's installations

[lse123]

You mean is also a Live CD (BOOTABLE) ?

[abn91c]

You mean is also a Live CD (BOOTABLE) ?
Yes that what a live cd, you get the option to"try before you buy" to test it with all your hadrware and if it runs fine in your computer you have the option of doing a Free full install or dualboot with windows if you choose.

[AlanMacdonald]

If you're specifically interested in having it boot from a USB pen then you might want to check out UNetBootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) which will can create USB pen images of various distros including Ubuntu.

I think the normal Ubuntu image uses something called SquashFS so you can uncompress, use Synpatic to change the software included then compress again to an image and burn giving you tailored images. I'm not sure of the exact details but I think to get to a USB image from this would be more complicated anyway.

Cheers

[lse123]

You mean is ALL WAYS free? : By trying from the Live CD there is NOT any limit and I may boot unlimited times ? correct ?

[abn91c]

You mean is ALL WAYS free? : By trying from the Live CD there is NOT any limit and I may boot unlimited times ? correct ?

its Free now and always be free including updates and the included 1000's of programs that are equal or better in some cases to windows programs, so go ahead and install go here for more info http://www.ubuntu.com
You can also copy and pass along the cd as many times as you want, in fact it is encouraged

[lse123]

ubuntu.com ships free ONLY 32bit cdroms ?

[Sef]

From a list reply (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2007-June/023754.html) by Christofer Bell:


Most of the software in Ubuntu is covered
under the GNU General Public License. This *is* a license agreement.
Unlike most license agreements, however, it does not restrict your
usage of the software, but it does restrict the terms under which you
can re-distribute it.

Likewise, while most of the software is covered by the GPL, *all* the
software on the system is covered by some kind of license agreement be
it MIT, X, Artistic, Apache, BSD, GPL, LGPL, etc, etc.

You will find the license agreements for the various pieces of
software installed on your system in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright

To read more about the GNU General Public License, check out these sites:

GPL in wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License)

GNU site (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)