More live linux distributions available

Ranjan Maitra maitra at iastate.edu
Fri Sep 30 22:13:30 UTC 2011


On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:30:08 -0500 Aaron Konstam
<akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 13:51 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:32:59 -0500 Aaron Konstam
> > <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't know  when this happened  but unetbootin-linux-555 is now
> > > available. This allows dozens of live Linux distributions to be
> > > downloaded onto a USB stick. The new version includes Fedora 15. The yum
> > > available unetbootin does not allow this.
> > > 
> > > You can download it from: 
> > > 
> > > http://www.unetbootin.sourceforge.net
> > 
> > It does not? Mine does. However, what it does not (and from the
> > screenshots on the referred-to page still may not) provide is
> > downloading other spins from Fedora such as LXDE, XFCE and the like.
> > 
> > Ranjan
> > 
> 
> There seems to be a misunderstanding. I am talking about being able to
> download distributions. You are interested in DEs. If you want let us
> say LXDE under F15 you install F15 with its default DE and then install
> LXDE using yum.

Actually, there are Fedora LXDE/XFCE/KDE, etc spins and that are not in
the unetbootin options. But X/K/Ed/ubuntus are. 

> I am completely confused by your line: It does not? Mine does.
> What is yours and what does it do,

I was responding to your statement "The yum available unetbootin does
not allow this". For me, this statement is not true.

> I also have to make and make a New Year's resolution. (After all today
> is Jewish New Years) I need to better check my subject lines. It is
> embarrassing.

:-)

Ranjan


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