09-01-2015, 07:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2015, 07:15 PM by torreydale.)
In general, you cannot install updates in the Live CD environment. When you think about it, where would it install the updates? Your DVD? Your 2GB of memory?
Using Lite Software, I have had a relative in another city successfully install Teamviewer (and only Teamviewer) in the Live CD environment so that I could remotely take over the install to their hard drive. But they were using a bootable 8GB USB flash drive as their installation media, and not a DVD ROM. Furthermore, the machine had 4GB of RAM. Somewhere in the combination of those two things was enough space for Lite Software to update the software sources and install that one package.
Before installing, I mainly use Live CDs to see how video will perform on YouTube and to see whether it automatically recognizes the wifi adapter and printer. Those are the main things I prepare myself to address if they aren't immediately recognized in the Live CD.
Getting basic familiarity with the desktop environment and default software packages of a distro is a good use for a Live CD. Another use is for troubleshooting or security. For example, a YouTuber mentioned he just throws away the flash drives he receives from vendors at conferences because he doesn't trust them. I can see his point, but as a workaround, I booted to a Linux Live CD. It just happened to be on a DVD ROM. When I got to the desktop of the Live DVD, I inserted that vendor's USB flash drive, and then I used a formatting tool on that distro to repartition and low level format that USB flash drive. I felt save because the Live DVD was read only; the only place for the USB to write anything was my memory, which would have cleared itself upon reboot; and if there was anything malicious on that vendor USB, it was probably written for Windows and not Linux.
Now I have a free 8GB USB drive that I can use to help more people install Linux Lite!
Using Lite Software, I have had a relative in another city successfully install Teamviewer (and only Teamviewer) in the Live CD environment so that I could remotely take over the install to their hard drive. But they were using a bootable 8GB USB flash drive as their installation media, and not a DVD ROM. Furthermore, the machine had 4GB of RAM. Somewhere in the combination of those two things was enough space for Lite Software to update the software sources and install that one package.
Before installing, I mainly use Live CDs to see how video will perform on YouTube and to see whether it automatically recognizes the wifi adapter and printer. Those are the main things I prepare myself to address if they aren't immediately recognized in the Live CD.
Getting basic familiarity with the desktop environment and default software packages of a distro is a good use for a Live CD. Another use is for troubleshooting or security. For example, a YouTuber mentioned he just throws away the flash drives he receives from vendors at conferences because he doesn't trust them. I can see his point, but as a workaround, I booted to a Linux Live CD. It just happened to be on a DVD ROM. When I got to the desktop of the Live DVD, I inserted that vendor's USB flash drive, and then I used a formatting tool on that distro to repartition and low level format that USB flash drive. I felt save because the Live DVD was read only; the only place for the USB to write anything was my memory, which would have cleared itself upon reboot; and if there was anything malicious on that vendor USB, it was probably written for Windows and not Linux.
Now I have a free 8GB USB drive that I can use to help more people install Linux Lite!
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