| Brief Look: MEPIS Linux Live CD |
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Page 1 of 2 After last week's introduction to Linux, we shall take our first steps into the world of Linux. Many of us have thought of installing Linux, but have hesitated because the idea of installing a completely new operating system, and creating new partitions is a terrifying thought. Some of us have had bad experiences, such as accidentally destroying the main partition and losing all our data. These sorts of horror stories tend to make a new user think twice before installing a Linux operating system. Well, for all those of you who have felt this way, a Linux Live CD might just be the answer. As the name implies, this is a version of Linux, which boots directly off the CD, without troubling your hard drives at all. You can use it to learn about Linux, or to see whether your hardware will cause problems if you do decide to install Linux on your machine. They also make a great rescue disk. In case your Windows installation crashes, it's trivially easy to boot off a Live CD, and save your files on a CD-R or on the network. There are many, many Live CDs available. Some of the best-known ones are Knoppix, Gnoppix, Mepis, SuSE Live CD and Mandrake Move Live CD. These are all freely available, and you can use any one you like. For the purposes of this article, we will be using the Mepis variant of Live CD. One caveat before we begin. Using a Live CD is a RAM intensive operation. Since the entire operating system runs off the memory, the more memory you have, the better. You should have at least 256 MB of RAM. Anything less would just be an exercise in frustration. So keeping this in mind, let's begin
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