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Puppy Linux update the “fastest and friendliest” yet

nick — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:12:02 +0000

The Puppy Linux development team has released version 5.2.8 of its minimal Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 11.04 Released with a New Interface

nick — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:32:50 +0000

Ubuntu 11.04 is out, grab the live Desktop CD in order to check out Canonical’s new GUI.

Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal. This major update introduces the new Unity desktop shell, which is designed to improve ease of use and deliver a more modern user experience.

via Ubuntu 11.04 released, a Natty Narwhal rises from the depths.

Puppy Linux 5.0 Released

nick — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:36:31 +0000

Puppy Linux 5.0 is out!

Lucid Puppy 5.0 consists of the popular Puppy Linux architecture that Puppy founder Barry Kauler has been refining through 4 editions of Puppy Linux. But this time Puppy is built with binary packages from the latest Ubuntu release Lucid Lynx, hence Lucid Puppy 5.0. The Puppy architecture is well known to be lean and fast, and friendly and fun, and Lucid Puppy is no exception.

via Puppy Linux Release Announcement.

GeeXboX 1.2.2 LiveCD media player adds multi-core video decoding, now 1080p is possible

nick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:39:35 +0000

EngadgetHD brings news of new features in the GeeXboX 1.2.2 LiveCD.

Sugar on a Stick brings sweet taste of Linux to classrooms

nick — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:12:45 +0000

Ars Technica brings news of a new LiveUSB Linux distro aimed at classrooms.

Sugar Labs has announced the first official release of Sugar on a Stick, a Linux-based learning environment that can boot from a USB memory stick. The Sugar platform, which originally emerged from the One Laptop Per Child project, could soon arrive in classrooms.

GeeXboX 1.2 LiveCD media center OS adds HDTV, widescreen tweaks

nick — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:54:12 +0000

Engadget HD gives a shout out to the new version of GeeXboX.

Knoppix 6.0 LiveCD Released

nick — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:52:54 +0000

It’s been two years and a few days since the last CD release of Knoppix, but the wait is over, and Knoppix 6.0 is out!

Klaus Knopper has released KNOPPIX 6.0, a brand new version of the popular Debian-based live CD, now with LXDE as the default desktop and ADRIANE, an audio desktop for the visually impaired.

OpenSolaris 2008.05 LiveCD Released

nick — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:10:09 +0000

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.

KNOPPIX 5.3.1 DVDs are Out!

nick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:14:13 +0000

After a long wait since 5.1.1, KNOPPIX 5.3.1 is out as an official public release.

Slax 6 is released

nick — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:24:15 +0000

After a long time in development, Slax 6 is finally out.

Kubuntu 7.10 KDE 4.0 LiveCD

nick — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:34:11 +0000

The folks at Kubuntu have remastered their 7.10 release LiveCD with KDE 4.0.

openSUSE 10.3 Live version available

nick — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:08:17 +0000

openSUSE 10.3 LiveCDs are now available, and like others before them, they can now be used to install an openSUSE system.

From today on the live version of openSUSE 10.3 is available as GNOME or KDE Live CD. Both contain the same software as the 1 CD installation versions from launch time – just as live system.

GNOME LiveCD 2.19.92

nick — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:34:22 +0000

rBuilder Online has LiveCD ISO images of Foresight Linux with Gnome 2.19.92.

Sabayon Linux miniEditions update and semi-prepared path towards 3.4+ release

nick — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:23:00 +0000

Planet Sabayon Linux lets us know that the 3.4 LiveCD release of Sabayon Linux is coming soon.

KDE Four Live CD updated with KDE 4 Beta 1

nick — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:29:36 +0000

KDE 4.0 Beta 1 is out, and KDE Four Live has been updated with the new release. Download the ISO and check it out.

OpenSolaris “Indiana” Information

nick — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:14:35 +0000

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.

CentOS 5 i386 Live CD

nick — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:26:57 +0000

The CentOS 5 LiveCD has been released.

That means that the purposes of this CD are to see if CentOS will boot/work on your hardware, to test some of the features of CentOS as a workstation, and to use as a Rescue CD. It does not contain all the features of the 7 CD CentOS 5 Distribution on one CD :

Mandriva Flash 2007.1 Release Info

nick — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:55:01 +0000

DistroWatch Weekly interviews Adam Williamson, Mandriva’s Community Manager, and finds a new release of Mandriva Flash is coming.

Mandriva Flash 2007.0 looked like a very successful product. Yet, two months after the release of Mandriva Linux 2007.1, there is still no Mandriva Flash 2007.1. Why?

Scientific Linux 5.0 LiveCD Released

nick — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:00:20 +0000

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.

Fedora 7 Released – Now with a LiveCD Installer

nick — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:56:47 +0000

The Fedora Project released Fedora 7, which is a milestone for Fedora because it now includes official LiveCDs with GUI installers, similar Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS. There are four Live images total, two i686 LiveCDs, and two x86-64 LiveDVDs, available in either Gnome or KDE flavors. The x86-64 version is only available in DVD format because it includes additional multilib packages which push it over the 700 MB CD size of the i686 version. A script to install the Live ISOs to a USB drive is also included.

Previously there was only one official LiveCD available for Fedora Core 6 i386 computers, released long after the install media came out. Other Live media for FC6 was available from the Fedora Unity project, but none of these were easily installed to a hard drive.

The Fedora release includes several live ISO images in addition to the traditional installation images. These ISO images are bootable, and you can burn them to media and use them to try out Fedora. They also include a feature that allows you to install the live image content to your hard drive for persistence and higher performance.

Get Fedora 7: mirrors, torrents.