News from the LiveCD World
Linux.com has a short review of the latest Knoppix release.
The new year has brought a new release of the Knoppix live CD. Along with the usual updates to application software, the most noticeable change in version 5.1.1 is the inclusion of the Beryl 3-D desktop with the Emerald theming engine.
Tuxmachines.org reviews NimbleX 2007, a recently released lightweight LiveCD.
LXer has an interview with Kenneth Hensley of PuppyLinux and the Unofficial Puppy Linux Guide.
Digg is pointing to a email announcing a Debian based LiveCD for the PS3. Digg incorrectly announces it as the first, as a Gentoo LiveCD already exists. The creator of the new LiveCD makes no such claim.
Linux.com reports on the new Fedora LiveCD. Included is news about the upcoming graphical installer and possible LiveDVD and LiveUSB versions in the future.
The Fedora community got its first official live CD last month. Based on Fedora Core 6, it shows off the best of what Fedora has to offer. Furthermore, the tools used to put together the CD make creating and maintaining custom Red Hat or Fedora-based live CDs simple.
DistroWatch Weekly has reviews of both the BSD based LiveCD TrueBSD, and the completely free software based gNewSense.
A new release of Knoppix is out, just days after 5.1.0. It fixes several bugs, updates some programs, and improves writing speeds for NTFS partitions.
DistroWatch has information about the new release of LG3D, a unique 3D desktop LiveCD based on SLAX.
TablePCReview has success with an Ubuntu LiveCD on an Acer Tablet PC.
As seen on Digg, Gentoo LiveCDs which run on the Playstation 3 have been released. They also work on PowerMac G5 machines.
Pen Drive Linux has instructions on putting Knoppix 5.1.0 on a USB flash drive.
[Phoronix] has screenshots of the newly released Knoppix v5.1.0 LiveCD.
DistroWatch is announcing the release of Knoppix 5.1.0 LiveCDs and DVDs. Lots of new features are packed into this version, including the 3D desktop Beryl, the NTFS-3G driver to write to Windows partitions without destroying them, and general updates to all software packages included on the discs. The full release announcements are at the official Knoppix site.
Digg is reporting that a new version of the game stuffed LiveDVD named Super Gamer is available for download.
This first official Fedora LiveCD is out. This one is released by the Fedora Core project, while other Fedora LiveCDs have been released in the past by Fedora Unity. Currently there is only one disc, a i386 CD release, other architectures will follow. See the main Fedora Core Live CD page here.
[Phoronix] has screenshots of the OpenSolaris-based BeleniX v0.5.1 LiveCD. Most of what is being seen is XFCE, but there is plenty of interesting stuff on the command line.
A hybrid ABC News/PC Magazine article explains what the Ultimate Boot CD and UBCD4Win are, and their uses.
[Phoronix] has screenshots of the new Sabayon Linux 3.2 Mini LiveCD.
gnuman.com has a review of the security LiveCD INSERT.
DesktopLinux brings news and screenshots of Ulteo, a new distro created by the founder of Mandrake Linux.
This installable live CD is based on Debian and Ubuntu packages. It’s installed on the hard-drive using ‘Yuch,’ he added.