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Best Live CD Linux

  • 31-12-2006 3:42pm
    #1
    alan4cult
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭


    I'm not ready to change fully to Linux yet but just wondering what is the best Live CD version of Linux i.e. the ones that boot from a CDROM?


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    I'd suggest Ubuntu or Knoppix.

    Most live CDs now have a shortcut on the desktop for you to commit to disk, including Ubuntu.

    It's a great way to see if your hardware will work and to get a feel for it. Just don't forget that performance won't be blisteringly fast as the OS will be running from a CD.


  • #3
    Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    I'd also recommend the Ubuntu live cd: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu Goes on smooth, looks slick and everything works- sweet! :)


  • #4
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    personally mepis, mp3 support out of the box


  • #5
    alan4cult
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭alan4cult


    Could I buy an external hard drive say 40GB and put UBUNTU onto it and boot from the external hard drive without interfering with Windows XP on the internal Hard Drive?


  • #6
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    alan4cult wrote:
    Could I buy an external hard drive say 40GB and put UBUNTU onto it and boot from the external hard drive without interfering with Windows XP on the internal Hard Drive?

    If your bios supports it, yes.


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  • #7
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I'd say MEPIS, or Knoppix. Or any of the multimedia-oriented LiveCDs with codecs pre-installed. I've found the Ubuntu LiveCD pretty terrible - no automounting of hard drives, bad video detection and no possiblity to change the display settings, no music...

    There's a good comparative list here.


  • #8
    alan4cult
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭alan4cult


    Khannie wrote:
    If your bios supports it, yes.

    What kind of support would it need USB-HHD/USB-ZIP? Or is there any way I could boot it as a HDD like an internal hard drive?


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    knoppix - have a look for the poor man's install if you have a FAT32 partition and can spare 1GB you boot into DOS and then load the CD image off the hard drive.

    big no-no with knoppix is updating it , as it's tweaked up so much that apt-get will nicely trash lots of stuff


  • #10
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    If you like ubuntu and want a more windows xp like desktop then get kubuntu. As for live cd's I like Knoppix. There is a Fedora live cd out now which should be worth checking.


  • #11
    mwrf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭mwrf


    im a fan of beatrix linux, small, simple and fast compared to ubuntu and knoppix.


    http://www.watsky.net/


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  • #12
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Ubuntu for me, but I'm still a novice and haven't used those other ones. Ubuntu does have a lot of help available through it's forums as well if you do have questions.


  • #13
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    ubuntu, then quickly install automatix and your away


  • #14
    sound_wave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭sound_wave


    For a lightweight Live CD, I go for Damn Small Linux, 50 megs, based on Debian with Fluxbox as graphical manager. Used it recently to get at a hard drive on an old old machine.


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