If you have an encrypted root or other partition you can't use the kubuntu live CD as a recovery disk. Your comparison to a standard application isn't appropriate; this is more like ensuring that live CD supports a file system in case a user happens to be using that file system and require a recovery CD to access the data.
If you have an encrypted root or other partition you can't use the kubuntu live CD as a recovery disk. Your comparison to a standard application isn't appropriate; this is more like ensuring that live CD supports a file system in case a user happens to be using that file system and require a recovery CD to access the data.