DemoLinux - Oldest Live Desktop!
DemoLinux allows you to run Linux without installation, disk partitioning and other hassles that usually prevent people from giving Linux a try. This is made possible by a set of technological features in the Linux kernel, and by means of some other free software (notably by S.u.S.E. and RedHat).
DemoLinux was published in year 1999 and the last update was in 2002!
Motivation
We wanted to make it possible to everybody to look at what Linux can offer, and to make it possible for software publishers wanting to show their Linux-based software to distribute a no hassle hands-off demo CD.
But this kind of CD makes also a wonderful Linux-to-go solution: you might carry your favorite desktop configuration in your pocket, sit in front of a non-Linux box, boot from the CD and be in front of your preferred environment in minutes.
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Hardware Requirements!
To try out DemoLinux, you need a PC equipped with a CD-ROM and at least 32 Mb of RAM for simple graphics interfaces, 64 for advanced graphics interfaces, 128 to use StarOffice! (can you handle it?)
This is enough to get a running Linux system, with graphics, preconfidured desktop and login mask.
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For more detailed informations on what the CD contains and how to use it, click HERE.
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You can download latest version from http://www.demolinux.org/DOWNLOAD
The latest version is 3.01 - Download it now! (Size: 650 MB)
MiniCD is (as the name suggests) a live MiniCD Linux distribution designed to run off 185 MB CDs. It features automatic hardware detection, a full desktop (KDE) and is based on Mandrake Linux (Mandrive).
HomepageMore screenshots
DownloadIn THIS PAGE you can download latest release.Download version: 1.0-rc3 (2003-03-16)http://download.berlios.de/minicd/minicd-1.0-rc3.i586.isohttp://download2.berlios.de/minicd/minicd-1.0-rc3.i586.iso
BEERnix is a Linux distribution. It is a dirivitive of Knoppix. It runs straight off of a CD, but is also installable to a harddrive. IT IS CURRENTLY BETA, meaning it isn't perfect in anyway. There are thing i still wish to remove and add, and all sorts of other fun stuff.
Features of BEERnix- Runs off of a CD!- Only about 400MB download!- Unlike other mini-spawns of KNOPPIX, this has a full fledged Linux Kernel and XFree86 Enviroment!- Fluxbox as a window manager for speed on the slowest computers!- Abiword for word procesing (can read and write many formats including MS Word!)- XMMS for all of your audio needs!- Mplayer, with tons of codecs installed for maximum video!- Mozilla-Firebird and Thunderbird, for fast web browsing and e-mail!- Nmap-frontend, eathereal, ettercap and various other netowrk/auditing tools!- a full development enviroment!(gcc, g++ perl, python, etc)
BEERnix Shourtcuts- alt+F1 (F2, F3, F4) = switch to workspace # 1 (2,3,4)- alt+x = start a terminal- control+r = open run dialog for single commands- Right click on the Desktop for a menu.
DownloadReleased ISO's will be available at the BEERnix Project.
Note: When I visited the project page to download Beernix, I saw NO releases! Do you know where to download it? (I think this projects is discontinued.)
MoviX - Multimidia Mini-distro
The MoviX project develops multimedia playback-oriented GNU/Linux distributions.
MoviX is a light media distribution that supports streaming, TV cards, slideshows, internet radio, infrared controllers and others. MoviX can boot from CDs, HDDs, USB Flash Drives, CompactFlash cards and network. MoviX2 is a spin-off project that features X alongside the usual MoviX configuration.
eMoviX is a tiny GNU/Linux distribution that plays video files when booted, based on MPlayer. It is utilised byMoviXMaker-2 and K3b.
MoviX distributions are very compact. In fact, smaller than Damn Small Linux.
Homepage
Tutorials
Articles about MoviX
Download
Download are available HERE. (latest version is 0.8.3) - movix-0.8.3-iso.zip (Size: 29 MB
StreamBOX - LiveCD
StreamBOX-LiveCD is a selfmade, KNOPPIX based Boot-CD, which is specially designed to stream MP3. Also there are some programs to stream in the OGG-Vorbis-Format. If you ask, why I reinvented the wheel, because you know of the very nice dyne:bolic project, please read Dyne:bolic page.
Concrete the following programs should help to get the streaming working:
- Dstream (selfmade, Dialog based script to stream with Freestream)
- Tstream (selfmade, like Dstream, but with dump to the harddrive)
- OGGstream (building the configfiles for darkice or ices...)
- Freestream
- Icecast Server I + II
- Darkice
- Ices2
- xmms-crossfade
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Documentation (PDF)
Related Links
Download
The CD-ISO can now be downloaded at sourceforge.net:
- streambox-v1.3.10.iso
SkoleLinux
Skolelinux/Debian Edu is a complete and free “out of the box” software solution for schools that reduces costs, prolongs the lifetime of hardware and covers almost every aspect of the schools’ IT needs.
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This is the latest version of the SkoleLinux operating system for schools. Skolelinux is a complete software solution tailored to the needs of schools and other educational institutions. It provides a complete system, from the central server running all the services the school needs, to the desktop software students use in class.
Skolelinux (aka Debian Edu) is based on the latest Debian Lenny release from January 30th, 2010.
DVD image - 4.4 GiB ISO format - 1 DVD disk image for i386 and amd64.
CD image - 650 MiB ISO format - 1 CD disk image for i386, amd64 and power PC.
Source code - 5.5 GiB ISO format - 1 dual layer DVD image with the source code.
More download options and extra information
xPUD - Just Browse The Web!
xPUD is an unique Linux distribution, consisting mainly of a web browser and a media player, with a simple user interface on top. It can turn your computer into a kiosk-like station by leveraging web technologies, making surfing and watching movies as easy as pie.
It's fast, on average booting within 10 seconds (demo on YouTube), and it's small, too. Core image is weighing in at under 35 MB, yet it still remains binary compatible with most major Linux distributions like Ubuntu or Fedora. So xPUD can not only be a great platform to deliver Web Apps, but it's also suitable for use on Netbooks or All-in-one PCs.
Requirements:
256MB RAM and 64MB free disk required.
Download (Latest Release: Version 0.9.2)
Download ISO image: xpud-0.9.2.iso (64MB)
Creating LiveCD
This is a bootable CD image. To boot from it you will need to:
- Download the image above
- Burn it using a CD-R or CD-RW drive
- Set CDROM to first boot device in BIOS
- Running in Virtual Machine
You can also run xPUD with virtual machine like VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU. Note that network device should set to pcne
Mirror Sites
http://soldat.gr/xpud/
http://ftp.ubuntu-tw.org/mirror/download.xpud.org/
ftp://ftp.dorm.ccu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/xPUD/
http://mesrss.free.fr/
Creating LiveUSB
- Download LiveUSB creator for Windows or Linux
- Insert your USB drive into computer, then double click it to execute
- After done, rename isolinux.cfg to override syslinux.cfg on your drive
Install xPUD on Windows XP/Vista/7
Download installer for Windows: xpud-0.9.2.exe (64MB)
NOTE: Still in testing, use at your own risk!
xPUD will be installed under C:\xpud and dual boot with Windows.
Install xPUD on Linux
Download image for Linux: xpud-0.9.2-image (45MB)
We don't have installer for Linux yet, but you can do it manually by configure your boot loader. For example, if you're using GRUB on first partition:
title xPUD 0.9.2
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xpud-0.9.2-image noisapnp quiet lang=en screen=1024x786
You can also boot the ISO image by using Grub2:
menuentry "xPUD 0.9.2" {
loopback loop (hd0,0)/xpud-0.9.2.iso
linux(loop)/boot/xpud isofrom=/xpud-0.9.2.iso noisapnp quiet
initrd (loop)/opt/media
}
