Hi all!
Six days ago, I was busy packing up to travel for a few days. Suddenly, during a reboot, my laptop stop accepting my password for the LUKS encrypted root. All my docs, images, work was gone (argh, 1,5 month old backup) but this is not the real point of this message.
I always have a 4gb usb pen with me and I build a custom fedora live usb spin every week to keep it updated. This pen saved my life during this trip. Being unable to use my laptop, without this fedora spin installed on my pen, I would be carrying 3 to 4 kilos of dead weigth equipment during my travel.
With this pen, I was able to surf the internet using bluetooth and my phone, read mail/planets/news, music, videos, check train schedules, the works. And since I had lost my custom kickstart file, I started a new one with a bunch of new ideas, some from Fedora's Security LiveCD page.
Now I'm back home and still in the process of rebuildind my laptop with F9, but there were times during my trip where I didn't miss my old F9 installation (besides my docs) and actually thought of using my hdd has storage only and keep the OS in the usb pen.
All this leads to one thing, YOU GUYS ROCK! I can't thank you all enough for the work you've invested in livecd-tools. Without you, none of this would be possible.
Next time any of you is in Portugal, beer is on me. :)
Best regards,
Pedro Silva