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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to DFS   
   Re: Why You Need to Have a Linux LiveCD   
   17 Feb 11 01:06:26   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , DFS wrote:   
      
   > On 2/14/2011 6:48 PM, 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 mean how every single user has to download a Linux LiveCD for   
   > themselves?   
      
   As opposed to ... what Windows LiveCD can anybody download?   
      
   > "This walkthrough describes how to create a customized Windows® PE   
   > image. The primary tool for customizing Windows PE 3.0 is Deployment   
   > Image Servicing and Management (DISM), a command-line tool.   
      
   Command-line tool?? Don’t the Dimdows apologists try to berate Linux   
   enthusiasts for being fond of the command line? Another case of “do as I   
   say, not as I do”, is it?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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