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- ADIOS Live Linux Boot CD
- A Fedora-based live CD distribution that supports the KDE desktop environment for X windows, plus ICEwm for systems short of RAM. The primary objective of this project is to automate the download of operating systems in a laboratory environment using a web server.
- BRaiLleSPEAK.net - The Official BRaiLleSPEAK Web Page
- A Braille and Speech Mini-Distribution of GNU/Linux.
- BackTrack
- A Slackware-based, live CD Linux distribution with over 300 security tools useful for tasks such as security audits and penetration testing. This distribution evolved from the merger Whax and Auditor Security Collection distributions.
- Crash Recovery Kit for Linux
- A system recovery disc for Linux and other systems; especially useful for hardware failures, backup over networks in the form of tar.gz tarballs, recovery of a misconfigured or hacked Linux system, and detecting versions and types of hardware.
- Damn Small Linux, 50 megabytes of penguin power
- A Knoppix-based business card-type CD distribution.
- Deep-Water/Linux
- A graphical minimalist boot CD distribution, featuring the Deep-View file browser.
- Dynebolic GNU/Linux Live CD
- A live, bootable CDROM with a good selection of multimedia tools, including webcast software.
- Elive
- A Debian-based desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager; also known as Enlightenment live CD.
- Feather Linux
- A distribution based on Knoppix; runs off a CD or a USB pendrive and includes desktop software.
- Floppix - Linux on 2 Floppies
- Based on small subset of Debian/GNU.
- GeeXboX HomePage
- A standalone media player Linux distribution based on MPlayer and similar to MoviX. Site available in English and French.
- IBM developerWorks - Open Source Projects - System Recovery with Knoppix
- Using Knoppix as a system recovery tool (or what to do when good disks go bad); a little dated (2003), but still useful.
- INSERT - Security Rescue Toolkit
- A bootable Linux system on a credit card-sized CD-ROM; based on Knoppix.
- KNOPPIX - Live Linux Filesystem On CD/DVD
- A Debian-based bootable live system on CD or DVD, consisting of a representative collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. Site available in many languages.
- Knoppix Install to Hard Disk HOWTO
- A guide to installing Knoppix in 20 minutes flat! Also available in French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish.
- Knoppix Linux
- A resource site for Knoppix users, developers and testers. Has an extensive documentation section.
- Knowing Knoppix; the beginner's guide to the Linux that runs from a CD
- A beginner-friendly help book for Knoppix; based on version 3.3; available in PDF format only.
- LNX-BBC - fits on one cdrom
- Linux Mobile System
- A full Linux system within a USB Flash Memory Drive; bootable from any 1386-based PC; site available in English and Spanish.
- LinuxDevCenter Article - "Using and Customizing Knoppix"
- A walkthrough article on customizing Knoppix. (2003) N.B. This article is no longer completely accurate because the implementation of the KNOPPIX distribution's boot process has changed since this article was originally written, although the information for the most part is still accurate.
- LiveCD News
- News and links to reviews of live CD distributions.
- MEPIS -- Simply Desktop Linux
- A Debian-based live CD distribution; easy-to-use desktop Linux distro which comes loaded with applications including KDE, Mozilla Firefox, and Scribus.
- Mepis Lovers Forums
- A Mepis users help site. The forums cover the following categories: help, HOWTOs, scripts and packages, general information, and non-English forums.
- Movix
- Three small, related Linux CD distributions that allow the user to boot from a CD and play multimedia files through the MPlayer. A multi-lingual site.
- MuLinux
- A minimalistic Linux distribution, suitable for old computers. N.B. Release 14r0 (2001) is a very stable, but it is the final release with no more development planned.
- Musix GNU+Linux
- A Knoppix-based, multilingual distribution with a 100% free (as in freedom) multimedia operating system intended for music production, graphic design, audio and video editing.
- PCLinuxOS
- A live CD based on the Mandriva distribution; can be used as a Linux demo, a system rescue disc, and also can serve as a general purpose desktop.
- PCLinuxOS Hardware Database
- A hardware compatibility database for the PCLinuxOS distribution and remasters.
- Phrealon Distribution
- Bootable linux CD based on Slackware Linux 9.0.
- Public IP - ZoneCD
- A CD-based Linux distribution for setting up a WiFi public hot spot.
- Puppy Linux
- A small but full-featured distribution that can boot off a flash card or any USB memory device.
- RIP Linux Rescue System ( Rescue is Possible)
- A CD or USB boot/rescue/backup/maintenance system.
- SystemRescueCd
- This is the ultimate, cross-platform system rescue power tool based on the Gentoo distribution, and comes with tons of features for every eventuality. Also available in French and Spanish.
- The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO
- How to design and build boot/root diskettes for Linux; tested on Intel architecture only. (2002)
- The grml.org Homepage
- A live-CD based on Knoppix and Debian with a collection of software primarily for system administrators; includes automatic hardware detection, crash recovery, and network/system analysis tools.
- Toorox
- A Linux live-DVD, multi-lingual (English and German) distribution based on Gentoo that starts as a bootable media using Knoppix technology. It uses KDE as the default desktop environment, and includes a wide variety of free and open source software applications.
- Welcome to Gnoppix
- A Linux live CD distribution that uses the GNOME desktop.
- Working Centre Linux Project
- A Debian-based distribution specifically for older, low-powered, refurbished computers; comes with cheap or free, legal software, specifically geared to new computer users or those who have only used a Windows environment.
- Zenwalk Linux
- A Slackware-based distribution (formerly Minislack) which focuses on Internet applications, multimedia and coding tools with minimal hardware requirements; based on the XFCE desktop environment
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