List of LiveCDs - Definition and Overview

BSD derived Live CDs

• DragonFly BSD [1] (http://www.dragonflybsd.org/main/download.cgi)
• FreeSBIE (Based on FreeBSD)
• Frenzy mini-CD (Based on FreeBSD)
• NetBSD - unofficial livecd images made of NetBSD 2.0 Beta (ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/xtraeme/) and NetBSD 1.6 (ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6/i386live.iso.bz2)

Debian based

• DemoLinux
• Knoppix:
  • clusterKnoppix has openMosix support
  • Damn Small Linux for a business card-sized CD.
    • Hikarunix provides a full study/play environment for Go.
  • Feather Linux fits on a USB keydrive and mini-CD.
  • Flonix USB Edition fits on a USB keydrive too.
  • Guadalinex needs a 700Mb CD. Boots from CD, even an external USB reader.
  • Knoppix STD (Security Tools Distribution) is a variation on Knoppix that includes programs geared to security and network management.
  • Arabbix This project is tasked with bringing forth a fully Arabized Live-CD distribution.
  • KnoppMyth, a Knoppix-based distribution with MythTV for PVRs.
  • Morphix is a modular distribution with four basic variations and the ability to contruct your own variations easily using the module system.
  • Oralux, a Knoppix-based GNU/Linux distribution for blind or visually impaired people. Its user interface is based on Emacspeak, an audio desktop and soon Yasr. Compliant with several voice synthesizers and braille displays. [2] (http://oralux.org/).
  • Quantian is a variation of clusterKnoppix which adds numerous scientific and quantitative applications. [3] (http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html)
  • Snal linux is a non-graphical Live CD with openMosix support.[4] (http://www.polarhome.com/~cael/snallinux.html)
  • INSERT is an acronym for INside SEcurity Rescue Toolkit. It fits on a Mini-Live CD and is focused on security and system repairs (e.g. contains the ClamAV anti-virus software).[5] (http://insert.cd/)
• LinspireLive (formerly LindowsLive) is a trial version for the regular hard-drive Linspire Debian version.[6] (http://www.linspire.com/lindowscd_info.php)
• Mepis: user-friendly Debian for newbies.[7] (http://www.mepis.org)
• Gnobian versions:
  • Gnoppix
  • LinEx
• Freeduc-cd (débian & xfce) a live-cd for education realized with the help of UNESCO

Gentoo based

• VidaLinux
• Gentoo LiveCD
• Jollix
• SystemRescueCd

Microsoft Windows based

• BartPE [8] (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) (Windows 2000/XP/2003)
• 911 Rescue CD (http://www.911cd.net/) (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003)

PPC/ Mac Compatible

• ROCK Linux LiveCD Target for PPC (in 2004, featuring a Desktop Environment (KDE) as well as a development environment with gcc, make et al)
• PPC Gentoo LiveCD (in 2004, yes KDE and network after you learn how to reconfigure)
• Knoppix PPC (in 2003, no console scroll, no less)

RPM based

• Mandrake based:
  • MandrakeMove [9] (http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mandrakemove)
  • APODIO is geared towards audio work [10] (http://www.apodio.org)
  • PCLinuxOS is a community based, non-commercial distribution designed to be out-of-the-box ready for desktop computing use.
• Red Hat/Fedora based:
  • Linux4all LiveCD, Basilisk  (http://www.linux4all.de/livecd/basilisk/1.3/index.htm)
  • Adios [11] (http://dc.qut.edu.au/adios/)
  • Berry Linux
• SuSE Live-CD

Slackware based

• MoviX, eMoviX and MoviX² - specifically designed as a standalone multimedia player
• Slax [12] (http://www.slax.org)
• Stux [13] (http://www.gpstudio.com/stux)
• Sentry_Firewall_CD [14] (http://www.sentryfirewall.com/)
• Austrumi [15] (http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/) 50 MB Mini distro

Other Linux based

• dyne:bolic, for multimedia production (especially for media activists, artists and creatives). The nest file will be called dynebol.nst and will keep all your home and settings inside (/home, /etc, /var, /tmp).
• Eagle Linux does not use a compressed file system for standard files. [16] (http://eaglelinux.w32.net/).
• Puppy boots from flash memory, cd, floppy, Zip drive and network storage into ramdisk where it operates from. [17] (http://www.goosee.com/puppy/)
• UHU-Linux LiveCD derived from UHU 1.1.1 created by Emerson. Can boot from CD or can be copied to a harddrive. ftp://ftp.linuxforum.hu/UHU-Rescue/live_2.1/
• LNX-BBC A Linux distribution on a business-card-sized CD. [18] (http://www.lnx-bbc.org/)

Others

• BeOS for Intel CD's support Live-mode operation, back to 1998
• SkyOS
• WikiLive an idea to port Wikipedia to a live knoppix DVD, with all the complicated stuff set up.