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Story: Linux goes Live on Gentoo CD release

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Dear Ms. Marson,

I liked very much your summary of Gentoo in "Linux goes Live on Gentoo CD release", nice work.

It was not clear if the live demo is also an hard disk installer.

Kanotix (www.kanotix.com) has one and it is well received by Windows users. One can do the demo, show how nice FireFox and OO.o are, and if the person likes it, install without ever removing the CD. I have no conneciton with Kanotix (except sometimes TCP/IP).

My experience is that once one starts rooting about for another CD, or worse bunches of them for the install, more than half the people who were half convinced before are suddenly waiting for another day. It is a small thing but reminds me of the old saying about journalism, as I recall, "Put in a table and lose half the readers, put in a formula and lose 80% of the rest." One less step, all on one CD buys trust and credibility.

Thanks for the article and thanks for your work,

Sincerely,

James Nickson

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