Re: [gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-30 Thread Grant
Keyboard loggers on public computers freak me out, and lugging my laptop around and hoping Internet cafes will let me plug in doesn't sound too great. I may end up doing that though. No big deal. If keyboard loggers are your only problem, google for usage of ssh+otp

[gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-29 Thread Grant
I've read a little about how custom LiveCDs can be built with catalyst. I do like to keep my system very minimal so I wonder how it would work to use a LiveCD as my only workstation. Are LiveCDs ready to be used in this way? I really like the idea of being able to walk up to any computer, pop

Re: [gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-29 Thread Calvin Spealman
The Ramdisk option eliminates the need for two CD drives in most situations (not a good idea for low-memory systems), and I've seen others use this kind of setup in tandem with a USB key drive for storage.On 4/29/05, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read a little about how custom LiveCDs can be

Re: [gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-29 Thread Grant
Take a look at Slax 5.0.4. It's small, kde 3.4.0, dhcp. k3b, all the desktop essentials, etc., and you can save your settings/configs either on floppy, HD, or their web site, so you don't even have to carry a floppy or USB key around. Slax mounts all HD disks, and you can save your work

Re: [gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-29 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 29 April 2005 02:48 pm, Grant wrote: Take a look at Slax 5.0.4. It's small, kde 3.4.0, dhcp. k3b, all the desktop essentials, etc., and you can save your settings/configs either on floppy, HD, or their web site, so you don't even have to carry a floppy or USB key around. Slax

Re: [gentoo-user] The LiveCD as the workstation

2005-04-29 Thread Grant
I guess you could brew one up after you got a minimalist Gentoo install configured to your liking, taking care that the total size didn't exceed 700mb compressed. However, my understanding is that Gentoo Live Cds are essentially designed just for installing Gentoo, not a full featured and