OpenSolaris 2008.05 LiveCD Released
Sun has released the free OpenSolaris LiveCD. Includes all the interesting parts of Solaris, including ZFS, DTrace, containers, etc. Also, you can sign up to have them ship you a CD for free.
OpenSolaris Project Indiana Review
Phoronix has a review and pics of the first development release of OpenSolaris Project Indiana.
After downloading this ISO (the Developer Preview is only 629MB), the image can be burned to a disc and immediately booted. Project Indiana incorporates a "Slim Install" LiveCD for x86 systems. Just like Ubuntu, Fedora Live, and a number of other Linux distributions, you can boot to this CD and start using it without ever touching the contents of your hard drive.
OpenSolaris “Indiana” Information
Phoronix has an article on OpenSolaris "Indiana", which is an installable LiveCD/DVD OpenSolaris distribution. Many of the cool Solaris technologies are included, such as ZFS. Look for a preview release in October, with a final build to be released in March '08.
Scientific Linux 5.0 LiveCD Released
DistroWatch.com has news on the release of Scientific Linux 5.0 LiveCDs for i386 and x86-64 architectures. New features of these enterprise-based Linux distro LiveCDs are the ability to run off a USB drive and a hard drive installer.
For the First Time OpenVZ Virtualization Software Available On Live CD Without Requiring Hard Disk Installation
OpenVZ is now available on a modified Knoppix 5.1.1 LiveCD. Test it out without messing up your installed OS.
OpenVZ is operating system server virtualization software technology, built on Linux, which creates multiple isolated, secure virtual environments on a single physical server – enabling greater server utilization and superior availability with fewer performance penalties. The virtual servers ensure that applications do not conflict and can be re-booted independently.
Python on Planes
The new Python on Planes rapid development framework comes with a Live CD installer. Cool!
Major highlights in the release include Active Scrum Manager 1, Sanity Preserver 3.13 and Lart 22.21. This is also the first release with the PythonOnPlanes Live CD Installer officially debuting on the x86 platform.
Scientific Linux live CD/DVD previews RH5
DesktopLinux is reporting that Scientific Linux has released LiveCDs and DVDs for version 5, which is pretty much a demo of RedHat 5 without the branding.
VoIPowering Your Office with Asterisk: Introducing AstLinux,
VoiPPlanet introduces the AstLinux LiveCD as a quick way to get Asterisk running.
Download the live CD image, burn it to disc, pop it into a PC and boot up. If you enter the usbkd boot option, AstLinux will save data and configuration files to a USB device.
Collax Takes Appliance Approach
eWeek is reporting that Collax has released their latest offering in LiveCD form for customers to test.
The installation disk for Collax Business Server is freely downloadable and doubles as a LiveCD, so the product is rather easy to take for a spin.
Xen – A GPLed Virtualisation Technology for Linux
All about Linux has the second review of the Xen Demo CD today. It includes some instructions on starting up a Xen instance.
First Looks: Xen Demo CD 3.0.3
DistroWatch Weekly contains a review of the new Xen Demo CD.
Xen Demo CD is a bootable CD containing not one, but three Linux distributions - a recent build of Debian "etch", SUSE Linux 10.0 and CentOS 4. Its main purpose is to demonstrate the wonders of virtualisation, or in less technical terms, the technology of running several operating systems (or several instances of the same operating system) simultaneously on the same machine.
Slampp-Lite 2.0 Server Review
Gnuman.com has a review of the Slampp-Lite 2.0 server LiveCD.
SLAMPPLite LiveCD v2.0 Screenshots
Phoronix has some screenshots of SLAMPPLite LiveCD v2.0. This is one of the better server LiveCDs.
SLAX 5.0.8 Released
SLAX is announcing that version 5.0.8 is out. Unlike the last release, all the different SLAX versions (frodo, killbill, popcorn) have been updated, and the long awaited SLAX Server Edition has been released too. All include the 2.6.16 kernel.
New ParallelKnoppix Release
DistroWatch reports that ParallelKnoppix has been updated.
Fill Linux to the Brim with Xen
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet mentions the Xen Demo CD in an article about Xen.
Open-Xchange Offers Free Live-CD for Server
NewsForge is reporting there is a new LiveCD which allows you to try out Open-Xchange without the need to configure anything.
Belenix – A Live CD based on Open Solaris
All about Linux has a review of the OpenSolaris based BeleniX LiveCD. The review also points out some advantages to running Solaris over Linux, which look likely to stir up some debates.
I had always wanted to try out Solaris OS ever since Sun released its code under an open licence and renamed it as Open Solaris. But even though open solaris had its own website, downloading a binary image was an entirely different matter and was not an easy proposition.
Gentoo Linux Newsletter — October 24th, 2005
Oops, missed this from last week, Gentoo released a new version of their LiveCD for SGI machines with support for more SGI hardware, like the SGI Origin fridge-sized computers. I would have tried a joke about nobody using old SGI hardware, except there are two Origins running across the hall of my office, happily (slowly?) performing web and DNS services.
KNOPPIX 4 live CD delayed, Xenoppix launched
DistroWatch has news about the delayed Knoppix 4.0.2 LiveDVD and 4.0.2 LiveCD. Also, info about a new LiveDVD which combines Xen and Knoppix.