Associated Content reviews the Ultimate Boot CD.
Geek to Live: Rescue files with a boot CD
Lifehacker walks us through rescuing a Windows system using Knoppix.
Few moments in computing are as heartbreaking as when you turn on your trusty PC only to receive that bone-chilling message: “Boot sector corrupt. Config.sys missing. Disk cannot be read.”
Amarok Live:1.4 Artwork Contest
The Amarok project is having a contest to add artwork to their upcoming LiveCD.
PCLinuxOS 0.93a Screenshots
New book explains Ubuntu to non-geeks
DesktopLinux.com has a quick review of a book which comes with an Ubuntu LiveCD.
Reincarnating a discarded laptop with Linux
DesktopLinux.com has an article full of useful LiveCD information.
Symphony OS marches to a different drum
Linux.com reviews Symphony OS and its unique desktop.
Symphony OS is a GNU/Linux distribution designed to innovate from the ground up. Although originally based on Knoppix and now on Debian stable, it quickly differentiates itself from the bulk of distros by implementing the ideas articulated in a so-called grey paper on user interface design by Jason Spisak, one of the co-founders of Lycoris.
Free software without the strings
The State has a quick introduction to GParted.
Knoppix Linux On USB
Tom’s Hardware has a quality how-to article about using Knoppix on a USB flash drive for various tasks.
This article provides a gentle introduction to how a simple Knoppix configuration can become an indispensable item in a mobile technical toolkit.
Puppy Linux 2.02 is Out
A new version of Puppy Linux has been released with the new NTFS-3G driver, which allows writing to NTFS partitions.
KDE and Distributions: SabayonLinux
GoblinX version of SLAX-based live CD rolls forth
DesktopLinux.com has an overview of the changes in the new version of GoblinX.
SimplyMEPIS 6.0 Screenshots
OSDir has screenshots of SimplyMEPIS 6.0 running as a LiveCD.
Quick Looks
DistroWatch Weekly has a quick summary of new LiveCDs from Ubuntu, Debian, and SLAX.
B’lore techies put OpenSolaris on CD
Indiatimes Infotech has an article about BeleniX and the developers working on it.
BANGALORE: This city’s techies are creating some cutting edge stuff. Moinak Ghosh, an engineer at Sun Microsystems, has taken the lead on Solaris 10, the flagship operating system (OS) of Sun, and come up with a new version called BeleniX.
SimplyMEPIS achieves Ubuntu-based 6.0 release
DesktopLinux announces the new Ubuntu-based SimplyMEPIS 6.0 release.
Dual-booting Windows and Linux the easy way (Linux.com videos)
Linux.com has some video tutorials on repartitioning a Windows machine. They utilize the excellent GParted LiveCD.
Dreamlinux 2.0 Screenshots
OSDir has screenshots of Dreamlinux 2.0.
Dreamlinux 2.0 XGL Edition
Tuxmachines.org has a review of Dreamlinux 2.0.
Dreamlinux 2.0 Works was released on July 16 and this time there’s a kicker. This time it’s available in an XGL edition. Where they may not be the first to put out an XGL edition, I believe they are the first provide the advanced effects for the xfce4 destkop. Having already been quite impress with Dreamlinux in previous testing, Tuxmachines just had to check that out.
Linux on the Corporate Desktop: Success with Kanotix
Tuxmachines.org is pointing to a forum post by a sysadmin who outfitted the desktops at his company with customized Kanotix LiveCDs. The link is currently a little messed up, so here is the post.