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I read that there are linux distros for PC that don't require installation. All you need is a CD and it runs off the CD.
I was wondering if something like that is for Mac too.
One of the reasons is that I was talking with the IT guys at work [they are stupid PC users] and they were saying, "yeah, but you are locked to Mac soft." Which is not true of course... but I don't have hard drive space to install full linux [too much anime and jdrama ![Smilie](https://forums.macnn.com/images/smilies/oldschool/smile.gif) ]... so I was wondering if I could just show, "check this out! it even run from a CD, linux rules...and Mac rules even more because of this!"
Thank you
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Just install X11 (available with panther) and launch the gimp and emacs
Much easier, and will run strait from your mac ![Wink](https://forums.macnn.com/images/smilies/oldschool/wink.gif)
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you're probably thinking of knoppix.
as far as I know, there's no similar PPC project, but I could be wrong.
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Originally posted by Earth Mk. II:
you're probably thinking of knoppix.
as far as I know, there's no similar PPC project, but I could be wrong.
Yes, I was thinking of something like knoppix [I know there are other live CDs for PC too]. I WANT ONE FOR FOR MY TiBOOK!!!
It's not a "need" but it would be super cool thing to show off... that Mac is not, by all means more limited than PC.
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Talking about Linux once again. At the current state what is the most PPC optimized one ? I kinda like the idea behind the BSD NetBSD, it installs close to nothing ![Big Grin](https://forums.macnn.com/images/smilies/oldschool/biggrin.gif) And gives you a package manager out of the box, now that is my *NIX !! But has NetBSD any chance in performance against YDL ? And what about Gentoo or other *NIXs.
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