[Cialug] ubuntu 11.11 install hangs

[Barry Von Ahsen]

On 10/18/2011 11:00 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> Live CDs are so 2009. Now it's a live thumb drive (it even rhymes!).
>
> Boot speed is so incredibly fast, and you can configure it to have
> persistent storage. A 1GB drive works great (gives about 200MB for
> persistence. That's nice if you want to have proprietary drivers that need
> to be downloaded.
>
> (update: docs[1] say that 2GB is a better size)
>

yeah, between bootable USB and virtualbox/virtualpc/virtualwhatever, 
live cds are less necessary.  but that also presumes HW that can boot 
from USB (though that's much more common now), or still running windows 
where the viruses (and gov't sponsored spyware[1]) can still intercept 
your actions.  I've toyed for a long time about having my primary PC 
being a thumb drive, just never pulled the trigger.

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15253259

-barry