LiveCD News

Lifehacker took four Linux distros, put them on USB flash drives, and ran a Lifehacker Faceoff.

Today we’re detailing four no-install distributions—Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux, Xubuntu, and Fedora—and helping you decide which might work for that spare thumb drive you’ve got lying around, or as just a part of your multi-gig monster stick.

Ars Technica’s open source journal has news and links to running a modified Xubuntu 7.10 off a USB flash drive on an Eee laptop. The installer still works too, so installing permanently is an option.

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn is out, which means four new LiveCDs and two new LiveDVDs. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu all have Live “Desktop” releases to go with them.

Downloads:

Ubuntu 7.04 CDs
Kubuntu 7.04 CDs
Xubuntu 7.04 CDs 
Edubuntu 7.04 CDs 

Ubuntu and Kubuntu 7.04 DVDs (torrents) 

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

OSDir has recently posted many screenshots of new releases, here they are:

• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Kubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Xubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Edubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Puppy Linux 2.0
• Backtrack 1.0

Notice the installer icons on the desktops of all the *buntu screenshots.

The final version of Dapper Drake has been released, and with it comes new LiveCDs for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu. They include GUI hard drive installers on the desktop, and have been named “Desktop” CDs to differentiate themselves from the text installers.