Directory of Live CD Resources

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Linux distributions made to boot from a CD and run from RAM without changing the computers hard drive.

Subcategories

• Knoppix

Resources in This Category

• Damn Small Linux

  http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
  A business card size (50MB) Linux distribution; with description and download links.

• grml

  http://grml.org/
  Debian-based Live CD made for system administrators and users who prefer text tools. Available for x86-32bit and amd64-64bit in multiple flavours.

• Linux on a Bootable USB Flashdrive

  http://www.ab9il.net/flashdrive-linux/flashlinux.html
  Guide on how to convert a Linux live CD distribution into a bootable USB format for greater speed and data persistence.

• Minimal Linux Live

  http://minimal.linux-bg.org/
  A set of Linux shell scripts which automatically build minimal Live Linux OS based on Linux kernel and BusyBox. All necessary source codes are automatically downloaded and all build operations are fully encapsulated in the scripts.

• MintyMac

  http://www.mintymac.com/
  OS X style and feel Linux distro with many useful tools for building distros as well as audio/video apps.

• Morphix

  http://www.morphix.org/
  Modular Knoppix-based Linux distribution designed to allow easy customization.

• StressLinux

  http://www.stresslinux.org/
  Minimal Linux distribution which can boot from CD-ROM or PXE, designed to stress and monitor the health of an entire system.

• System Rescue CD

  http://www.sysresccd.org/
  Live CD for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash.

• The LiveCD List - Frozentech

  http://www.livecdlist.com/
  Includes sortable tabular listing. Shows name, size, and primary functions.

• Turnkey Linux

  http://www.turnkeylinux.org/
  Ubuntu-based family of lightweight installable live CDs optimized for ease of use. Each is pre-integrated for a specific application including LAMP, Joomla, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, MediaWiki, Django and others.

• Wikipedia - Comparison of Linux Live CDs

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_Live_CDs
  Comprehensive comparison of Linux Live CDs.

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