News from the LiveCD World
LinuxPlanet has a review of a modified Puppy Linux LiveCD.
Chubby Puppy Linux “fills out” the regular Puppy Linux release with the addition of the OpenOffice.org suite of applications. It’s a full figured Linux version in a fast, lightweight liveCD package.
OSDir is back with screenshots of KLAX with a prerelease version of KDE 3.5.
DistroWatch has news of several large development releases for some of the most popular LiveCDs avaliable. These include Kanotix 2005-04, Damn Small Linux 2.0, and PHLAK LittleBoy!
Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) 5.10 is officially stable today, with new install ISOs, LiveCDs, and LiveDVDs. Get the Live and Install CDs mailed to you at no cost through Ubuntu’s Shipit program.
DistroWatch has a few words on the new Mandrake Move, I mean Mandriva Linux Discovery Live.
Slashdot has a link to an entertaining article about the future of computers belonging to removable flash drives and hard drive-less computers. While there are still some obvious roadblocks such as limits to the number of writes, speed, and capacity, these are being improved daily. I’d like to have my customized operating system with all my documents, pics, and music with me wherever I go.
WorldChanging.com has a writeup of the Ars Technica article posted about LiveCDs used in disaster recovery situations.
OSDir has screenshots of Tilix 1.0.
Linux.com reviews the MitraX LiveCD. Looks like an interesting LiveCD, it even comes with the Offile NT Password and Registry Editor, in case you need to reset a password on a Windows machine.
MitraX boots notably faster than similar live CD distributions. In less than half a minute, MitraX boots into the FVWM-95 desktop, which looks like Windows 95 and works in a similar fashion. This is a smart choice because it is practical and lightweight. For this kind of distribution, it’s more than enough.
SearchSecurity.com has posted an article about breaking into a Windows box using Knoppix. It seems a little odd to me that this is considered “breaking into a computer”, when in the second part of the article the computer is doing exactly what it was setup to do (ie. boot off a cdrom).
OSDir has screenshots of ATmission 2.0-01 (reloaded).
KDE.NEWS has info on the new amaroK Live CD. If you’ve never tried amaroK, it’s worth installing, or downloading the LiveCD if you happen to be stuck on Windows.
Ars Technica put up another thorough article detailing the needs of computer stations and labs setup after hurricane Katrina for the survivors. Hannibal goes over what he learned, talks about current solutions, and details what needs to be improved.
One of the most unexpected and least visible aspects of hurricane Katrina’s aftermath was the critical role that information technology played in the relief effort. Throughout the Gulf Coast, shelter workers and residents built and used improvised computer labs consisting of donated, Internet-connected PCs and printers.
DistroWatch’s Featured Distribution of the Week this week is the excellent Puppy Linux. Puppy is a lightweight LiveCD worth checking out by everyone.
DistroWatch has news thatAuditor and WHAX are merging into a distro called Backtrack, and PHLAK is going to support developing large and small versions of itself.
Amnews.com has a general review of SLAX.
Redmondmag.com has a review of Winternals Admin Pak 5.0, which comes with ERD Commander.
At the heart of the Admin Pak collection is the ERD Commander, a bootable CD that gives you a Windows-like environment—regardless of which version of Windows is on the machine you’re trying to fix.
More screenshots, this time of OpenLab 4.0.0.
OSDir.com has screenshots of Featherweight Linux 1.3.
Linux.com has a short review of Auditor. Includes a good walkthrough of instances where Auditor can be used.
Many security engineers arrive on a client’s site and find that the network documentation required for solving the task properly is incorrect or even obsolete.