[LAU] Live CDs

[Hans Wilmers]

> > begin response to small rant ...
> > 
> > I have used Linux for quite a few years now (when did CorelLinux first 
> > come out?) and AT&T UNIX before that. I'm a rather technical user. I 
> > have NEVER compiled a kernel. *I've never had to.* So your 
> > casually-mentioned-phrase "once you get in the swing" glosses over a 
> > process that may be well beyond the comfort-zone or capability of many 
> > Linux users. (My lovely Linux-using wife would be completely lost from 
> > the start.)
> > 
> > I still don't understand why distros don't routinely include RT kernels 
> > as an option in their repositories.
> 

And even if you find an RT kernel for your distro, or you are capable of building an own one,
you still have to do a lot of tweaking to run it on a live CD -- which is why I didn't put it on it.

/ Hans