Linux Mint "Deep Freeze" Program
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@scottalanmiller said:
If you don't need a custom desktop, you can also simply run Linux Mint as a Live system and not install it at all making it that much simpler
Outside the scope of something I want to do now, but can you take a Mint desktop that you set up (say with certain apps and stuff) and "freeze" it to a live CD?
Well, I am sure you can, but what is the difficulty level?
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If you don't need a custom desktop, you can also simply run Linux Mint as a Live system and not install it at all making it that much simpler
Outside the scope of something I want to do now, but can you take a Mint desktop that you set up (say with certain apps and stuff) and "freeze" it to a live CD?
Well, I am sure you can, but what is the difficulty level?
Live cd is by nature frozen. No changes are saved unless you specifically make a persistent disk.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If you don't need a custom desktop, you can also simply run Linux Mint as a Live system and not install it at all making it that much simpler
Outside the scope of something I want to do now, but can you take a Mint desktop that you set up (say with certain apps and stuff) and "freeze" it to a live CD?
CAN you, yes. WOULD you? No. Use VBox for that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If you don't need a custom desktop, you can also simply run Linux Mint as a Live system and not install it at all making it that much simpler
Outside the scope of something I want to do now, but can you take a Mint desktop that you set up (say with certain apps and stuff) and "freeze" it to a live CD?
CAN you, yes. WOULD you? No. Use VBox for that.
Unless he needs to use this as a kiosk type machine.
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@dafyre said:
Unless he needs to use this as a kiosk type machine.
My purposes are indeed taken care of by VB.
But I was wondering about a Kiosk application, or like at a public library or something.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If you don't need a custom desktop, you can also simply run Linux Mint as a Live system and not install it at all making it that much simpler
Outside the scope of something I want to do now, but can you take a Mint desktop that you set up (say with certain apps and stuff) and "freeze" it to a live CD?
CAN you, yes. WOULD you? No. Use VBox for that.
Unless he needs to use this as a kiosk type machine.
Ah, okay. Yes that would make sense. I was thinking in the context of the OP.
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@BRRABill said:
@dafyre said:
Unless he needs to use this as a kiosk type machine.
My purposes are indeed taken care of by VB.
But I was wondering about a Kiosk application, or like at a public library or something.
Then, yes. That would be an option. Although more commonly you might do something like PXE boot from a read only image.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@BRRABill said:
@dafyre said:
Unless he needs to use this as a kiosk type machine.
My purposes are indeed taken care of by VB.
But I was wondering about a Kiosk application, or like at a public library or something.
Then, yes. That would be an option. Although more commonly you might do something like PXE boot from a read only image.
blink... Rereads OP. blink Dang, I'm not awake this morning.
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@dafyre said:
blink... Rereads OP. blink Dang, I'm not awake this morning.
EH, that's OK.
I think it's a natural fork of this conversation, and I was interested in the answer.
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There are basically two ways to approach it...
- Read Only filesystem where it never changes, period.
- Snapshot filesystem that "rolls back" after being used. (Deep Freeze approach)
The later is useful more for testing that normal use. It makes the users THINK that they are making changes but then deletes them without warning. Good for a lab, bad for a normal desktop.
