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xtothez
20th April 2005, 18:17
Hi,

I heard of those Linux LiveCDs. Does anyone have a list of available LiveCDs, and which one is the best / should I use?

X
tylerdurden
20th April 2005, 19:13
Knoppix - http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Mandriva Move - http://www.mandriva.com/products/move
Suse Live-Eval - http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/suse_linux/index.html


tyler
jimmyjames
20th April 2005, 20:29
Some other Live CDs:

Slax - http://slax.linux-live.org/
PCLinuxOS - http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/index.html
Damn Small Linux - http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Jimmy
tommyboy
20th April 2005, 20:56
Mepis is another Live CD: http://www.mepis.org/

Tom
falko
21st April 2005, 10:39
I've just found this page called "The LiveCD List":

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

There seem to be quite a lot of live CDs out there... ;)
xtothez
21st April 2005, 11:31
Wow, lots of distros... Is there something like a "Swiss army knife", i.e., a live CD, that does whatever I need it to do (act as a rescue CD, start a full blown desktop when I want ot test Linux on new hardware, etc.)?

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falko
21st April 2005, 12:05
Is there something like a "Swiss army knife"

Well, I'd recommend Knoppix, though I don't know each of the other live CDs... :o
garenasix
22nd April 2006, 01:28
Wow, lots of distros... Is there something like a "Swiss army knife", i.e., a live CD, that does whatever I need it to do (act as a rescue CD, start a full blown desktop when I want ot test Linux on new hardware, etc.)?

X
Back/Track is a kickass Swiss army knife
http://new.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Main_Page
sjau
22nd April 2006, 07:32
If you want to use Linux as a desktop system then you may want to try the Ubuntu Live CD.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/5.10/

Even cooler is that you can order for free the CDs home. Take about 2 weeks or something like that, depending on where you live.
garenasix
22nd April 2006, 16:54
ubuntu's live cd is nice for a first time user as a desktop and an idea of linux and to see if all works good on ya PC befor installing ubuntu.. but if you realy want that "Swiss army knife" in a live CD back/track is the distro for that
http://new.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Main_Page