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   Gordon to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Why You Need to Have a Linux LiveCD   
   15 Feb 11 07:13:30   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: gordonbparker@yahoo.com   
      
   On 14/02/11 23:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > In message   
   > <2990f510-8b90-455a-9cd5-2d08c13020ec@i39g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, peterwn   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I believe it is possible to make up a Windows live CD but this would   
   >> be severely frowned upon by Microsoft.   
   >   
   > It can be done, but it’s a complicated process involving a lot of tedious   
   > steps, with no way to automate them. And every single user has to go through   
   > the steps for themselves, you cannot share the results without violating   
   > Microsoft’s copyright.   
      
   Plus the fact it has NO applications at all other than a web browser and   
   a text editor. A Live Linux CD however has everything you could want to   
   actually do WORK!   
      
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