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18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row

prostoalex writes "OSNews carries "a quick roundup" of 18 (they are not kidding, eighteen) live Linux distributions. Among those who made the list: Basilisk (based on Fedora), BeatrIX (based on Debian/Knoppix/Ubuntu), Berry Linux (based on Fedora), Damn Small Linux (based on Debian), FreeSBIE (based on Free BSD), Gnoppix (Knoppix/Debian plus Gnome, now merged with Ubuntu), Kanotix (modified Knoppix/Debian), Knoppix (the first big live CD, based on Debian), Luit (Debian/Xfce, rox filing system), Mandrake Move (based on Mandrake), Mepis (Debian), Morphix (modular Debian), PCLinuxOS Preview (a Mandrake fork), Sam (Mandrake/Xfce), SLAX (Slackware), Suse 9.1 and 9.2 (rpm-based), Ubuntu Live (Debian), Xfld (Debian/Damn Small Linux and Xfce). To call it a review would be a stretch, although a helpful paragraph on each operating system's claim to fame is provided."

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  1. Re:Can a .22 rifle shoot though 18 Live Linux CDs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What weight of bullet? Is it .22 long rifle? .22 short? .22 magnum? .22 hornet? How long is the barrel? Is it bolt action, lever, or semi-automatic? At what distance are the CDs placed? Are they spaced apart slightly or stacked right together?

    You've incompletely specified the problem. If you'd fixed all of the variables except for the number of CDs, then maybe this would be a useful question. As it is, there are too many to test.

    What I'll do, is I'll assume you meant .22 short with a 22 inch barrel and a bolt action. The CD's are stacked completely together and sitting with the center of the CDs at Four Corners, USA. The shooter is in London, England, as far away from Four Corners as he can be while still inside the city limits. The answer is then no, because the shooter is a commoner and has the same rights to own a gun that criminals in the USA do. Grow up UKapods; your nobles have taken all of your rights away.

  2. Linux on grandma's desktop? by shoolz · · Score: 1, Troll

    Troll warning... I'm not trying to be an ass, but this is the type of thing that keeps me from even dipping my toe in the open source OS water. I would love nothing more than to dump my overpriced OS and use a freebie... but I'm scared sh*tless at the overwhelming number of options. Now, I've been a power user since I was 12 (19 years ago), but the thought of trying to figure out which of the umpteen options are right for me is just downright scary.

    Mod me down as you see fit, but I'd prefer you didn't.

  3. Re:Lacking a Major Player? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've been spurting bloody diarrhea all night.

    Gawd, live Linux distributions are the last thing on my mind at the moment haha!!

  4. Re:FreeBSD is obviously dying! (obligatory troll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you circle-jerk with the rest of your Linux-loving communist fag boyfriends?