Matt Jamison of Red Hat & Fedora on The Fedora LiveCD and The NYLUG Holiday Party.

Please join us Wednesday, December 17th 2008 for a discussion on the
technical implications and build process of Fedora LiveCD.

** RSVP Closes at 4:30pm the day of the meeting (sharp!) ***
Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.

In December 2006, the Fedora Linux distribution released its first official
Live CD. The term "live" derives from the fact that these CDs each contain
a complete, functioning operating system on the distribution medium and will
run without permanent installation by placing the files that typically would
be stored on a hard drive into RAM, typically in a RAM disk.

Since Fedora LiveCD will not alter the operating system or files already
installed on a computer's hard drive, it is very easy to try out new
distributions or fix specific point problems without making permanent
changes to your machine. Live USB flash drives are similar to live CDs,
but often have the added functionality of automatically and transparently
writing changes back to their bootable medium.

Fedora Live CD also includes mechanisms and utilities for altering the host
computer's hard drive, including permanent installation, if desired. This
can be important for the system management aspect of live CDs, such as
removing viruses, drive imaging, and system recovery. The default option,
however, is to allow the user to return the computer to its previous state
when the live CD is ejected and the computer is rebooted.

Fedora LiveCD serves many purposes including:

* Installing a Linux distribution to a hard drive
* Testing new versions of software
* Testing hardware
* System repair and restoration
* High security/non-invasive environment for a guest
* Network security testing
* Being the primary or backup operating system for any computer
* Quick and simple clustering of computers
* Computer forensics
* Playing video games
* Providing a secure server platform,
where crucial files cannot be permanently altered
* Internet kiosks,
which can be brought back to their original state by a reboot

More Information:
* Fedora Live CD Download Page
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

* Fedora Live CD Project Page
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD

About Matt Jamison:
Matt Jamison is a Senior Solutions Architect at Red Hat, Inc. Before
Red Hat, Matt spent 8 years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.
He also helps keep Bill Gates in line, and has been known as the voice
of "Linux is Easy."

Meeting Location:
Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google. This is
the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.

NYLUG Holiday Party:
Immediately following Matt Jamison's presentation on Fedora Live CD,
will be the NYLUG 2008 Holiday Party, with our friends from Red Hat.
Join us for pizza, and conversation with friends old and new.