Which live CD?

KE7FEG eculbert at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 4 20:36:14 MST 2006


You are aware that when running a 'live-cd' you MUST
have two cd players. One to run the cd with the os on
it, and one to play whatever you are playing.




--- Jim <arizona.anorak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yesterday I downloaded an iso
> ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso and burned 
> it to a CD.  Then I rebooted the machine to try it. 
> I mounted an NTFS 
> partition and noticed something.  The  mp3 files
> wouldn't play.  Neither 
> would it play xvid/mp3 avi files.  However it does
> play ogg files.
> 
> I want a live CD or DVD that I can boot a machine
> with and not have any 
> problems playing mp3s, or any of the most common
> audio and video 
> formats.  Which one would would be best for my
> needs?
> 
> Thanks
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