[colug-432] Live CDs and DVDs

[Don]

Jep,

There is much to learn, but am enjoying using my system and will keep
learning.  Not an IT trained guy here, just self taught over time.  Wish I
had gone into a course of study in college, but went into mental health and
a people professional.  So this is retirement fun for me now.

Exploring how to root my smart phone now, but quite concerned that I not
make a misstep.  So doing lots of reading.

Don


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM, <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:20:32 -0500, Don <donohio53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sound advice.  Have never worked with virtual machine, so might have to
> > look into that.  I see on the Linux shows that they test out new systems
> in
> > virtual.  My efforts tend to be to use a burned LIVE distro to try out,
> but
> > know that is not as great experience, but gives some idea if my system
> will
> > handle the new software.
>
> Live CDs and DVDs have multiple handy uses.
>
>     Use Linux on a computer that has some other operating system
>     installed, without disturbing that other operating system.
>
>         phone home
>
>         recover or blow away lost passwords
>
>         scan for malware
>
>         forensics
>
>         back up and/or restore hard drives
>
>             dd, netcat, rsync, and ssh are nifty
>
>     test drivers of new distro
>
>     test hardware (e.g. memtest86+ or smartctl)
>
> Live CDs and DVDs can do things that virtual machines often can not,
> like talk to the actual hardware.
>
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