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Fedora Core Live-Spins Released

Posted on August 31, 2006

The Fedora Unity Project has released Fedora Core LiveCDs and LiveDVDS. Currently they have FC5 and FC6t2 available for download.

Official Fedora Live images are something we all have been looking forward to seeing in the Fedora Community. Kadischi will be the tool to create such live images. Fedora Unity has recently joined forces with Kadischi to help provide testing and to release live images which we are calling "Live-Spins."

Gentoo 2006.1 Released

Posted on August 31, 2006

Gentoo has released all new LiveCDs for a variety of platforms. While they may be created with the intention of installing Gentoo, they offer great hardware support, and have enough tools to be used in a variety of different circumstances.

Indian produces science CD in atomic lab

Posted on August 30, 2006

India News showcases VigyaanCD and the creator behind it. The project homepage is here.

But Agarwal believes the tool would help youngsters have their first brush with a range of hi-tech tasks of a new century-gene sequencing, manipulation, molecular modelling and simulation and computational chemistry.

Puppy Linux 2.10 alpha emerges

Posted on August 29, 2006

DesktopLinux has a preview of Puppy Linux 2.10.

How do you dispose of old hard drives?

Posted on August 28, 2006

Computerworld Blogs gives some quick advice for destroying the data on old hard drives.

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The Linux Newbie: How to Pick a Linux Distro: LiveCD Edition

Posted on August 28, 2006

The Linux Newbie compares 11 different LiveCDs in this article. One interesting piece of information included is boot times for each of the LiveCDs.

PCLinuxOS 0.93a – The Full Monty

Posted on August 25, 2006

TuxMachines has a thorough review of PCLinuxOS 0.93a. Included are lots of screenshots.

Tiny, sub-$100 PC runs Puppy Linux

Posted on August 24, 2006

LinuxDevices is reporting on this Pentium 166 computer which, while being able to run several versions of Windows, has Puppy Linux as the recommended OS.

Puppy Linux celebrates its success

Posted on August 23, 2006

DesktopLinux is reporting that Puppy Linux is holding an online event with the purpose of bringing the community together. Everyone from developers to end users are invited to give ideas on making Puppy Linux better.

A walk in the park with Puppy Linux

Posted on August 21, 2006

Linux.com reviews the latest Puppy Linux.

PCLinuxOS 0.93a Junior and MiniMe – Two reviews for the price of one

Posted on August 21, 2006

KnoLinux reviews the latests releases of PCLinuxOS.

RR4 and RR64 change names to Sabayon Linux, release new RC version

Posted on August 16, 2006

RR4 and RR64 are now officially replaced with the release of Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 3.0 RC2. Based on Gentoo, Sabayon continually stays up to date with the latest packages, bringing the future of Linux to a LiveDVD.

Elive 0.5 Beta-3.1 Review

Posted on August 15, 2006

Tuxmachines.org reviews the latest Elive release.

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Elive 0.5 Beta 3.1 Screenshots

Posted on August 15, 2006

OSDir brings screenshots of the latest Elive.

DistroWatch Weekly

Posted on August 14, 2006

DistroWatch Weekly has news on a couple new BSD LiveCDs, plus and update to grml.

Sabayon Linux RC2 Review

Posted on August 12, 2006

Techgage reviews the pre-release of Sabayon Linux RC2.

Ultimate Boot CD

Posted on August 11, 2006

Associated Content reviews the Ultimate Boot CD.

Geek to Live: Rescue files with a boot CD

Posted on August 10, 2006

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."

Filed under: How To, Knoppix, Rescue No Comments

Amarok Live:1.4 Artwork Contest

Posted on August 9, 2006

The Amarok project is having a contest to add artwork to their upcoming LiveCD.

PCLinuxOS 0.93a Screenshots

Posted on August 7, 2006

OSDir has screenshots of the freshly updated PCLinuxOS 0.93a.