# Something you guys might enjoy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 14, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422 "2006-06-14T09:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catlord17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@catlord17](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/catlord17)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/1 "2006-06-14T09:52:32Z")
How about a complete, fully functional operating system with a full array of software pre-installed and configured, and it runs entirely from a CD? You can install it if you like, or use it as a live CD. Uses include: Checking hardware to see if the hardware is at fault - or Windows. Scanning Windows drives for viruses when the machine won’t boot. Accessing the net when the machine won’t boot. Surfing without leaving a trace on the hard drive. Making partition images for backup. Playing REAL solitaire. I have it installed on my desktop as the main OS and I dual boot it with my laptop. On the desktop I also use it for: audio mixing graphics manipulation writing web authoring desktop publishing watching DVDs surfing the net safely (No viruses/spyware) scanning/copying/printing playing various games IM chat Playing CDs duplicating CDs ebay business On the laptop, I use it for: Burning duplicating masters playing Neverwinter Nights It’s a very useful liveCD. It resembles Windows in look and feel by default, but you can make it look and feel like a Mac, or almost any other kind of computer you can think of. Updates are free, easy, and fast. So are all the thousands of programs you can download and install. Uninstalling software is simple, too, and doesn’t mess up the system. Firewall is built in, and takes 2 or 3 clicks to set up. And it’s freely downloadable from [http://www.pclinuxos.com](http://www.pclinuxos.com) My assistant uses it every day and she loves it. Took her 5 minutes to be doing everything she wanted to do, without my help. It’s that easy. And the community is wonderful. The guy who puts all this together still handles a lot of forum stuff himself. It’s been a real pleasure to use for the last two years now. (One nice thing about it is, when new versions come out, you just download the updates and voila - new version installed.) ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/2 "2006-06-14T16:24:58Z")
And then there is Knopix. You can build your own setup, using Open Office and run everything off the CD. ---
**Author:** ![catlord17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@catlord17](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/catlord17)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/3 "2006-06-14T17:40:21Z")
Knoppix, the grandfather of all liveCD linuxen. I use PCLinuxOS because it’s got a somewhat more comfortable menu system setup for my taste, but I know and love Knoppix. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/4 "2006-06-14T18:30:47Z")
> [@catlord17](#): > > Knoppix, the grandfather of all liveCD linuxen. I use PCLinuxOS because it’s got a somewhat more comfortable menu system setup for my taste, but I know and love Knoppix. 🙂 I’m a Fedora core 4 guy myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/5 "2006-06-14T22:24:58Z")
Because I’m an anal retentive optimization freak, I liked Gentoo from the getgo (which spends time compiling itself to your exact system specs). The last 10%, you know. Gotta get that last 10%. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/6 "2006-06-14T23:11:14Z")
When DOS first came out, I renamed a lot of the commands to their UNIX values. Had to learn some how. ---
**Author:** ![Rbt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/rbt/32/2066_2.png) [@Rbt](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Rbt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/7 "2006-06-15T00:57:01Z")
Almost anything would be better than WinDoze, but this damn eBay software I depend on barely runs on Windows as it is… Won’t work on 95, crashes my 98SE constantly, barely works on the XP (evil incarnate spyware IMO by the way) system I “borrow” for it… Computers… PHOOEY! Idiot lazy programmers who write convoluted code… PHOOEY! Manufacturers who use proprietary hardware (Compaq, HP, etc.) … PHOOEY! ---
**Author:** ![catlord17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@catlord17](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/catlord17)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/8 "2006-06-15T05:33:58Z")
> [@Rbt](#): > > Almost anything would be better than WinDoze, but this damn eBay software I depend on barely runs on Windows as it is… Won’t work on 95, crashes my 98SE constantly, barely works on the XP (evil incarnate spyware IMO by the way) system I “borrow” for it… Computers… PHOOEY! > > Idiot lazy programmers who write convoluted code… PHOOEY! > > Manufacturers who use proprietary hardware (Compaq, HP, etc.) … PHOOEY! My eBay business is what’s keeping me there too. I haven’t found a decent accounting program, and I can’t print on CDs directly the way I need to. Audition doesn’t run on Linux either. But knock those three out and it’s over. Some day, Microsoft. Some day… Muah ha ha ha ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![catlord17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@catlord17](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/catlord17)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/9 "2006-06-15T05:39:20Z")
> [@MHarris](#): > > Because I’m an anal retentive optimization freak, I liked Gentoo from the getgo (which spends time compiling itself to your exact system specs). > > The last 10%, you know. Gotta get that last 10%. 🙂 You want that last ten percent? What are you doing using Linux? Dude… get with the program… it’s all about the BSD for that. I miss my BSD installation. _sniff sniff_ ☹ Had that baby all tweaked out down to the last compiler flag. And system compiles and KDE compiles and [X.Org](http://X.Org) compiles only took a day… all those customizations… _sniff_ But I had to kill it after two years of faithful service and effortless upgrades. Well, mostly effortless. I did put in some time now and again as a broken ports reporting stooge. Nobody’s perfect. If you like Gentoo, you’re going to really love FreeBSD or NetBSD. I prefer FreeBSD myself, but Dragonfly looks interesting too. God, what a bunch of damned geeks we are. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![catlord17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@catlord17](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/catlord17)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/something-you-guys-might-enjoy/422/10 "2006-06-15T05:54:51Z")
> [@Mtnjim](#): > > I’m a Fedora core 4 guy myself. 😃 Haven’t used FC yet… last time I used RH was at 9.0 I think. What do you like about it?