Linux.com reviews BackTrack 2.
BackTrack is a live CD Linux distribution that focuses on penetration testing. A merger of two older security-related distros — Whax and Auditor Security Collection — BackTrack bundles more than 300 security tools.
KDE Four Live
One of the KDE devs has released LiveCDs with a preview of the upcoming KDE 4.0 desktop named KDE Four Live. KDE 4 is currently pre-alpha status, so, uh, don’t put it on a production server.
Elive 0.6.7 development released – Thanatermesis
Elive keeps putting out new releases of their incredible Enlightenment-based desktop LiveCD.
After a HUGE amount of work on that version, a migration to new hosting (you can see the websites faster now!), and all the mirrors of Elive broken, Elive has finally released the version 0.6.7 with a LOT of good changes.
Recover Data From RAID 1 LVM Partitions With Knoppix Linux LiveCD
HowtoForge walks through recovering data from a RAID 1 setup using Knoppix.
Zenwalk Live 4.4.1 Screenshots
More screenshots, courtesy of [Phoronix].
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Released
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn is out, which means four new LiveCDs and two new LiveDVDs. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu all have Live “Desktop” releases to go with them.
Downloads:
Ubuntu 7.04 CDs
Kubuntu 7.04 CDs
Xubuntu 7.04 CDs
Edubuntu 7.04 CDs
Puppy Linux 2.15CE has a few new tricks
CLICK reviews Puppy Linux 2.15CE.
Overview of Top Ten Distributions (Part 4)
DistroWatch Weekly has an overview of Knoppix as part of their “Top 10” Linux distros feature.
LH Top 10: Free Computer System Recovery Tools
The top four of Lifehacker’s top 10 free computer system recovery tools are LiveCDs.
Linux.com | Dyne:Bolic 2.4.2: A live CD multimedia studio
Linux.com reviews the multimedia monster LiveCD named Dyne:Bolic.
The Dyne:Bolic distribution is a live CD designed for creating, broadcasting, and publishing all kinds of audio, video, and graphic content. It includes some of the best free and open source tools with which you can compose music, mix video streams, and create 3-D animations.
GNOME Live 2.18.1
ken’s blog lets us all know that a new version of the GNOME Live will be released soon. When it is, it will be available here.
Non-Destructive Partitioning with GParted
Blogcritics.org goes over repartition a hard drive with the GParted LiveCD.
“Okay, little Percival, let me tell you what partitioning was like in the old days. If you already had information on your hard drive, but wanted to re-partition it, all your data would be erased. There were programs available that would partition your drive without erasing all your stuff, but they cost money.”
Why linux live cd are important? How useful is it?
Linux by Examples uses the SLAX LiveCD to perform some data recovery and repair on a couple broken Windows machines.
Damn Small Linux The Portable Desktop
Wired’s Compiler blog has a brief overview of Damn Small Linux.
We’ve written about portable apps quite a number of times in the past, but why bother with just apps when there’s a whole OS that’ll fit on a 50MB USB stick? Damn Small Linux, sometimes abbreviated DSL, is a 50MB mini desktop Linux distribution.
FreeSBIE — first (and mostly negative) impressions
CLICK reviews FreeSBIE, and has some issues getting networking setup.
But I’m not a full card-carrying geek, so I’m not all that crazy about going to the command line with no help whatsoever just to get freakin’ Internet flowing into the box with a live CD I’ve never run before on an OS I’ve also never run before.
GoblinX Premium 2007.1 Review
tuxmachines.org reviews the new GoblinX release.
GoblinX developers released their 2007.1 Premium version of GoblinX Linux recently and I was able to obtain the 1-cd version for testing. GoblinX has always been a very interesting project to watch with their odd-looking almost macabre-themed XFCE distro. It’s based on Slackware, so you know they have a good foundation and XFCE is coming into its own. With new versions of GoblinX being released about once per year, it’s hard to pass up the chance to test it when a new one arrives on the scene.
Puppy Linux : A Linux distribution that runs completely on RAM
LINUX ON DESKTOP reviews Puppy Linux.
Damn Small Linux book set for July
CLICK brings news about a new book all about Damn Small Linux. This will be the first LiveCD book for a distro other than Knoppix, or LiveCDs in general (at least that I know of).
OLPC’s Linux-based operating system available for download
Engadget has links to a LiveCD version of the OS used by the OLPC project.
Puppy Linux 2.15 Community Edition released
Puppy Developer News has information on a new version of Puppy Linux created by the Puppy community.
The Puppy 2.15CE (Community Edition) is the result of collaboration of a team of Puppy enthusiasts. It is built upon version 2.14 but with many enhancements. In particular the guys have worked on an improved user-interface and nice out-of-the box first impression. They have also developed some “SFS” files that add OpenOffice, web and graphics applications — SFS files are “combo packs” of applications that can be installed and uninstalled with a few clicks.