TuxMachine.org has another good review of Symphony OS 2006-05 Beta (act 5). Included are lots of screenshots of its unique desktop.
LG3D LiveCD v2.5 (Project Looking Glass) Screenshots
Phoronix has screenshots of the new LG3D LiveCD.
A quick look at the GParted LiveCD
Linux.com reviews the extremely useful GParted LiveCD.
Need a way to resize NTFS partitions, mirror disk images, or otherwise muck about with disk partitions — and don’t want to use a proprietary package like Partition Magic? If so, the GNOME Partition Editor (GParted) is an excellent open source tool for the task. The GParted team released the GParted live CD version 0.2.4-2 this month, so I decided it was a good time to take GParted for a spin.
Wizard’s Kid-Safe Livecd
TuxMachines.org has a review of the PCLinuxOS based Wizard’s Kid-Safe Livecd. As the name states, it’s made for kids, and includes web filtereing, games, and more stuff to keep kids occupied safely.
Upon login one is immediately greeted by the Kid-Safe Welcome! It is a html page with logos linking to sites of interest to children such as libraries, pbs, online books & games and children friendly search engines.
Damn Small Linux 2.4 Released
A new version of DSL is out, some notabe additions are a C compiler and rsync.
Kororaa Accused of Violating GPL
Slashdot has news and comments on the current Kororaa LiveCD issues. The Kororaa project received an email stating they were in violation of the GPL by distributing their XGL LiveCD with NVIDIA and ATI binary drivers. Unfortunately, XGL does not work without these drivers, making the distributing of the CD without them pointless. I hope this is cleaned up, because they are not the only LiveCD distributing binary graphics drivers.
Getting started with Knoppix Linux
Free Software Magazine has a great article on Knoppix for those looking to learn a bit about Linux.
Getting started with Knoppix Linux doesn’t have to be costly. Chances are you already have everything you need. The requirements are simple. Any computer newer than 5 years old with a working bootable CD or DVD drive should be able to run Knoppix.
PCLinuxOS MiniMe 0.93: A ride on the Lighter side…
Capnkirby.com has a review of PCLinuxOS MiniMe 0.93. The review moves from LiveCD to hard drive distro after the installation step.
Same Austrumi – Only Better
TuxMachines.org has another good LiveCD review, this time of the lightweight Austrumi. Enlightenment is the window manager, which makes the many screenshots worth checking out.
Slax 5.1.4 – Your Pocket OS
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?
Giving desktop Linux a try
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.
My desktop OS: PCLinuxOS 0.92
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.
DistroWatch Weekly Interview
The new DistroWatch Weekly has an interview with the developers of Damn Small Linux. There is much talk about their new DSL-N release.
Three Sets of Screenshots
OSDir has new screenshots up of RR64 3.0RC1, dyne:bolic 2.0 RC, and MCNLive Leuven.
Making Bootable Movies with eMoviX
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.
Frenzy 1.0 Beta 1 Screenshots
OSDir.com has screenshots of the new Frenzy 1.0 Beta 1 BSD LiveCD.
SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3
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.
Gentoo-based system rescue liveCD revs up
DesktopLinux.com is reporting the updates in the latest SystemRescueCd release.
emerge -p litrix 6.0
Tuxmachines.org has up a review of the Gentoo based Litrix LiveCD. Lots of nice looking screenshots go along with this review.
Wolvix Media Edition 1.0.4 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.