News from the LiveCD World
TuxMachines.org has a thorough review of Slax 5.1.4.
Slax recently released version 5.1.4 of their amazing “pocket os” and since it had been almost a year since our last look, we thought we’d better find out what 5.1.4 was like. Much like its predecessor, it has a whole lot chocked into a small kde-based download. At 192 mb, is it worth the download?
DesktopLinux.com has an interesting article about Linux on the desktop compared to Windows. The Linux talked about in the review, and screenshots, evolved from Knoppix.
I’ve seen a lot of rough edges polished off and features added as I continued to update my system, which started life as a Knoppix Live CD.
NewsForge has another installment of My desktop OS up, this time covering PCLinuxOS 0.92. While it is mostly tailored to the hard drive install, it does give some information about the LiveCD aspect of the distro.
The new DistroWatch Weekly has an interview with the developers of Damn Small Linux. There is much talk about their new DSL-N release.
OSDir has new screenshots up of RR64 3.0RC1, dyne:bolic 2.0 RC, and MCNLive Leuven.
ExtremeTech has an article up on making a bootable movie. This is one of the cooler uses of a Linux LiveCD which I’ve seen. Think of all the effort that went into this project, with the end result being an alternative to a DVD player.
OSDir.com has screenshots of the new Frenzy 1.0 Beta 1 BSD LiveCD.
Unix Review takes a look at SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3, starting with impressions of the LiveCD.
This time around, booting MEPIS was a much better experience. The user login screen was presented quickly, I logged in, and after a few disc whirs the desktop lay before me in all of its glorious KDE beauty and splendor, with stereo sound to boot.
DesktopLinux.com is reporting the updates in the latest SystemRescueCd release.
Tuxmachines.org has up a review of the Gentoo based Litrix LiveCD. Lots of nice looking screenshots go along with this review.
Tuxmachines.org put up a positive reivew of the latest Wolvix Media Edition with lots of screenshots. Overall, Wolvix Media Edition looks like a great distro to keep in mind when building a HTPC.
I’ve always been quite the fan of the Wolvix offerings, with each being better than the last. I’ve been testing Media Edition over the last few days and can report Wolven has done a remarkable job.
Phoronix has screenshots of the new MCNLive Leuven, a LiveCD based on Mandriva.
This week’s Debian Weekly News has links to the Debian Live project. The site has links to downloadable ISO images, and a wiki site, with much more information about the Debian Live project.
OSDir has posted new screenshots of Edubuntu 6.06 Beta and DSL-N 0.1 Alpha.
ExtremeTech has a howto on modifiying Knoppix. Good information to move to the next step of saving session data after using Knoppix.
OSDir.com has screenshots fromSimplyMEPIS 6.0 Alpha 2.
Application Development Trends has a second blog posting covering positive and negative aspects of the latest beta version of the Ubuntu LiveCD. Overall, some good points are made, such as the expectations some Windows users may have when trying Linux out for the first time. The first part of the Ubuntu coverage is here.
DesktopLinux.com has info concerning the new GoblinX 1.3 LiveCD.
DistroWatch has announced PCLinuxOS 0.93 MiniME, a lightweight, PCLinuxOS based LiveCD. OSDir brings the eye candy with screenshots. With PCLinuxOS releasing a lightweight version, and Damn Small Linux recently coming out with a heavier version, is the future of Linux LiveCDs two-disc, heavy and lightweight releases? GoblinX, GRML, Knoppix, Mepis/MepisLite, SLAX SE/SLAX Popcorn, and Ubuntu/Xubuntu are a few others who already separate release versions into the two camps.
Tuxmachines has a thorough review up of the latest release from Damn Small Linux, DSL-N 0.1A!
This is a distribution based on the famous Damn Small Linux, but adds welcome features and enhancements making it a more modern and complete operating sytem, yet still weights in at a meager 84mb.