Live CD Linux Distros Save the World
If given enough leeway, a computer will eventually attempt to take over the world. This is a simple fact of life that all computer owners will someday prove with their own sad experiences. Now although there do exist a small number of exceptionally ambitious computers that attempt such stunts as the overriding of missile guidance systems, the majority of our silicon cohorts understand the prudence of a simpler, more reliable strategy. Yes, it has been the shared goal of evil computers everywhere to slowly drive humanity mad one user at a time.
I recall a good friend of mine, who was brought to the edge of insanity some years ago by a computer that strategically destroyed his term paper the night before its deadline. His dear wife had to physically pull him from the window as he attempted to send his PC to a gravity induced martyrdom.
More recently, I’m ashamed to admit that I , myself, was nearly drawn into a deep state of blue-screen-of-death madness. Adhering to their collective evil scheme, my computer strategically researched and attacked my greatest vulnerability. I, a passionate audio archivist—one that rarely leaves a file in less than three physical locations—feared an untracked Built to Spill concert forever lost to a nasty hard drive failure.
Little did my computer know, however, that I had a secret weapon: the venerable Linux Live CD. Not only a powerful diagnostic tool (I was quickly able to recover my precious concert), the Live CD also proved itself a mighty weapon of psychological warfare. There is simply nothing more calming than seeing an otherwise crippled system light up in grand Linux fashion. My frustrations melted away with the splash screen. The Blue Screen of Death had not chalked up another victim.
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Post Script: For those interested, the live CD I used was Dyne:bolic of all things—an audio distro.
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