linux on a windows box

[alex wallis]

Hi. So where can i download some of these live cds?
and if I install a package, does it get installed on the cd, or the hd?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gaijin" <gaijin at clearwire.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: linux on a windows box


> On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 09:13:53PM -0000, alex wallis wrote:
>> I'm wanting to get set up with a linux OS, but I don't really want to go
>> down the route of jewel boot, and I don't have enough resources to run 
>> linux
>> under vmware.
>
> Hello and welcome to the list,
>
> Have you ever heard of "LiveCDs?"  Dunno if 512 is enough memory
> to run everything you might want, but LiveCDs run in memory alone.  Just
> pop in the CD and start the machine, and voila, you're running Linux.
> Unless you manage to mount the Windows partition and try to write things
> there, it doesn't even touch the hard drive.  There are a few flavors of
> linux that offer LiveCDs, like Ubuntu, GRML, , Fedora (I think), and
> Oralux, to name a few.  They'll even get you online if your system isn't
> too complicated.  Anyway, you can use those to play around in linux and
> see if you like it and leave Windows as-is.  Documentation is usually
> included right on the CD and can be viewed with Windows Notepad or a web
> browser  Get yourself a few blank CDs and try them all.  I run Debian
> (no LiveCD) because of the package (software) manager is the best in the
> biz, and 99.9% of the time you don't have to search the web to find any
> software.  The entire collection can be installed with multiple
> front-ends to the dpkg program (Debian's package manager), or go the
> command line route and just type 'aptitude install <package' to connect
> to debian.org, download and install the program.  HTH,
>
> Michael
>
>
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