[adelie-users] Re: Live CD: After login as root or live, what next

From: Max Rees <maxcrees_at_me.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:13:43 -0500

On Thu Jun 18 11:16 AM, Fungi4All wrote:
> > Dear Max
> > By Live CD, that is what I meant, 'Live' mode would be the
> > appropriate word then?
> > Your inputs are well received..Kindly advise if this 352MB iso,
> > burnt on CD has everything? Should I get a DE with this?
>
> I've been around adelie for 2 years and I was always excited with its
> development and have to admit impatient at times.

:)

> Live as far as I understand the term is a full functional linux
> system, meaning you have most of the tools you need to do what you
> like, install native or build and install other software. What is a
> non-live system, a minimal system which only runs an install script.
> In the older days there were more of them and less of live systems.

This is correct.

> I have installed and use openbox without a DM ever since I started. I
> played with the live system so much and kept configuring things that I
> was too worried to lose it through an installation, so I just copied
> the live system into a an empty partition. Didn't even bother to
> change my username, I am still called live. I don't use the service
> management that is used currently, s6 init and 66 on top of it just as
> found on obarun and void. Where my other installations are nice sports
> cars, I see adelie as a pure race car, if this makes sense.
>
> It is so good it should be illegal

We are all glad to hear this. :)

Max
Received on Thu Jun 18 2020 - 22:35:09 UTC

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