Tuxmachines.org has a review of the new SimplyMepis release candidate.
A comparison of BSD live CDs
DistroWatch Weekly reviews all the popular BSD LiveCDs available for download.
GNU/Linux live CDs are increasingly playing an important role in the free software community. They serve as advocacy tools, they make it possible for newbies to try out software without having to install anything and they make fantastic rescue disks. While all the best known live CDs are GNU/Linux variants, there are also several *BSD live CDs out there. I decided to give them a test run.
SLAX Interview
KDE Dot News has an interview with Tomas Matejicek, the creator of SLAX.
What are you most looking forward to about the 4.0 release?
Tomas: Wobbly windows by using 2D acceleration (without 3D cards).
SimplyMEPIS 6.0 Beta 5 Screenshots
OSDir.com has screenshots of SimplyMEPIS 6.0 Beta 5.
Taking Puppy for a short walk
Tuxmachines.org also has a short review of Puppy Linux 2.0.
Updating My Toolbox – Knoppix 5.0.1
Tuxmachines.org has a solid review of Knoppix 5.0.1, and as always, include bucketfulls of screenshots.
Knoppix v5.0.1 LiveCD Screenshots
Phoronix has screenshots of the new Knoppix.
Desktop Linux revisited
Manila Standard Today has an intro to Linux via the Ubuntu 6.06 LiveCD.
Knoppix to the rescue
The Age has an introduction to Knoppix.
Damn Small Linux sneaks up on v3.0
DesktopLinux researches all the new stuff in the new Damn Small Linux release.
Tons o’ Screenshots
OSDir has recently posted many screenshots of new releases, here they are:
Notice the installer icons on the desktops of all the *buntu screenshots.
Knoppix 5.0.1 Released
The long awaited Knoppix 5.0.1 release is out! This is the first release of Knoppix 5 since the CeBIT 5.0 was released. So far only the DVD ISO is out, but there should also be a CD ISO.
From the Changelog:
* V5.0.1-2006-06-01 - Current Debian/sid snapshot - Kernel 2.6.17-rc*git* - Removed XFree86 in favour of Xorg Version 7.0 - Detection of onboard IDE-Raid Controllers and raid disk components - udev+hwsetup for automatic hardware detection - OpenOffice 2.0.2 (german+english) - Replaced Mozilla by Firefox+Thunderbird - KDE 3.5.2 with HAL support for removable media - Updated unionfs to 20060221 - cloop 2.04 with ringbuffer (performance) - limited but safe transparent write access for NTFS partitions (libntfs+fuse) - new knoppix-installer now also with the possibility to update existing installations of Knoppix - [DVD] Gnome 2.12 update - [CD] because of space reasons :-( , removed chromium, enigma, KDE-helpfiles, ruby, bison and some other development-related packages (we still have JAVA and C/C++, Perl, Python and PHP on the CD, in order to have an easy to set up LAMP system).
Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 2.00
DistroWatch.com is announcing the latest release of the amazingly lightweight Puppy Linux.
Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS Released
The final version of Dapper Drake has been released, and with it comes new LiveCDs for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu. They include GUI hard drive installers on the desktop, and have been named “Desktop” CDs to differentiate themselves from the text installers.
Hola Tuquito 2.0 Beta 3
Tuxmachines.org has a great review of Hola Tuquito with lots of screenshots.
Puppy Power
Packt Publishing has an interview with the creator of Puppy Linux.
Elive 0.5 Beta Screenshots
OSDir has some nice looking screenshots of the latest Elive beta.
Remastering DSL: A Short HOWTO with a Long Preamble
Linux Forums has a good article on remastering Damn Small Linux.
SLAX 5.1.6 Released
SLAX has a new release several days after their last one. The main reason for this release is the addition of safe NTFS write support.
Life’s too short for Linux, or so David Fearon thought until he needed an OS in a rush
This article from PC Pro has some pretty opinionated ideas about which OS is the best to get work done in, and while I don’t agree with many of them, the author does have some nice things to say about DSL and SLAX.