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April 29th, 2006, 04:12 PM
Everyone who uses a computer should have a live CD.
If you have dial-up or no internet connection, you should order one (either the free ShipIt CDs (https://shipit.ubuntu.com/) from Canonical or some cheap ones from CheapISO.com (http://cheapiso.com/)).
If you have broadband and a CD burner, you have no excuse--get one right now if you don't have one already.
Not only are live CDs handy when you just want to try out Ubuntu before installing it (and I really think a good general guideline would be using the live CD for about two weeks before installing), but they can come in handy for other things, too.
If you ever want to resize your partitions or combine partitions, you'll need... a live CD.
If you ever screw up your Ubuntu installation so that Grub doesn't work, and you can't even boot into Recovery Mode, then you'll need... a live CD.
If your installation gets screwed (either Windows or Ubuntu) and you desperately need some files, you'll need a live CD.
In other words, live CDs are good recovery tools.
More importantly (and the Ubuntu live CD may not be ideal for this), live CDs are a great way to introduce your friends and family to Linux without affecting their computers. I would advise using something like PCLinuxOS or Knoppix for this, as they tend to have more stuff that's "impressive" to new users than Ubuntu's live CD has (proprietary codecs, for one).
Well... just an encouragement to those who have not ordered or downloaded a live CD yet--get one!
If you have dial-up or no internet connection, you should order one (either the free ShipIt CDs (https://shipit.ubuntu.com/) from Canonical or some cheap ones from CheapISO.com (http://cheapiso.com/)).
If you have broadband and a CD burner, you have no excuse--get one right now if you don't have one already.
Not only are live CDs handy when you just want to try out Ubuntu before installing it (and I really think a good general guideline would be using the live CD for about two weeks before installing), but they can come in handy for other things, too.
If you ever want to resize your partitions or combine partitions, you'll need... a live CD.
If you ever screw up your Ubuntu installation so that Grub doesn't work, and you can't even boot into Recovery Mode, then you'll need... a live CD.
If your installation gets screwed (either Windows or Ubuntu) and you desperately need some files, you'll need a live CD.
In other words, live CDs are good recovery tools.
More importantly (and the Ubuntu live CD may not be ideal for this), live CDs are a great way to introduce your friends and family to Linux without affecting their computers. I would advise using something like PCLinuxOS or Knoppix for this, as they tend to have more stuff that's "impressive" to new users than Ubuntu's live CD has (proprietary codecs, for one).
Well... just an encouragement to those who have not ordered or downloaded a live CD yet--get one!