good live cds? [Archive] - Revision3 Forums

th3_anomoly

09-30-2006, 09:14 PM

For full-blown desktop live cd's I'd say give Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS a try. The spectrum of specialized live distros is huge. Depending on what you want to do there's probably a iso for you.

Distrowatch.com has a nice little search interface you can use to get a basic description of available live cds:

http://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=Live+CD#distrosearch

cgardner

09-30-2006, 09:21 PM

I would recommend that you download whatever live CDs look good to you and give them a try. You're not really losing out on anything by doing it that way.

And as th3_anomoly said, distrowatch is your friend.

tommy1150

09-30-2006, 09:31 PM

Dont know what kind of music you listen too but I just got the new Kenny Chesney LIVE cd and its great. Well its great for someone that likes country music. My wife and I have been to 3 of his concerts and loved them all. This live cd does a great job of capturing that atmosphere.

kdomingue

09-30-2006, 10:03 PM

I personally like BackTrack (http://www.remote-exploit.org/) or Slax (http://www.slax.org/)

ouchast

09-30-2006, 10:34 PM

I like knoppix. Knoppix is a great live cd. You should try it out...

lordfoul

09-30-2006, 10:54 PM

Try Kanotix Live-CD (http://kanotix.com/) based upon based on Debian-Sid.

wastern

10-01-2006, 02:18 AM

elive - try the enlightenment desktop manager

http://www.elivecd.org/

Knoppix

http://www.knoppix.org/

ubuntu of course

but as was said. try all you can, I have about 30 of them around the house. mandrake, slackware, etc, they all have one now

bird603568

10-01-2006, 02:21 AM

slax froto is a life saver. its nice for booting and chrooting

sean89

10-01-2006, 02:31 AM

I have SLAX Frodo on my USB drive but does anybody know a good security live CD? I have used lots like Auditor & knoppix std but it seems they change so fast. What is the best these days?

bird603568

10-01-2006, 02:37 AM

I have SLAX Frodo on my USB drive but does anybody know a good security live CD? I have used lots like Auditor & knoppix std but it seems they change so fast. What is the best these days?

theres a script that turns a normal install into an iso. this way you can install what you want and need and just make a custom disk. and if you dont want to do that, i think its auditor is the good one

randy

10-01-2006, 03:11 AM

I believe that Auditor has merged with another distro and is now BackTrack.

You can find it here: http://www.remote-exploit.org/

bird603568

10-01-2006, 03:18 AM

I believe that Auditor has merged with another distro and is now BackTrack.

You can find it here: http://www.remote-exploit.org/

i think it merged with whoppix

Famicoman

10-01-2006, 05:04 AM

I stick with
Knoppix
Whoppix
Knoppix STD
PHLAK
Auditor

I haven't burned any new versions lately, so the existance of these distros are in question.

ecarrillo

10-01-2006, 09:16 PM

lets see so far i have
ubuntu
knoppix (my favorite one)
berry os
Myah OS
Fedora live cd
elive
kororaa
geeXbox
PClinux OS
Symphony OS
overclockix
sabayon x86
ophcrack
knuxer
linux console
and dreamlinux any im missing?

lordfoul

10-01-2006, 09:37 PM

Kanotix Live-CD (http://kanotix.com/) which is basically Knoppix on steriods.

jdhore

10-01-2006, 09:45 PM

I Like Backtrack, SLAX and Ubuntu

fnm

10-02-2006, 12:15 AM

SLAX, KNOPPIX, Kanotix, Damn Small.

samureye

10-05-2006, 03:54 AM

theres a script that turns a normal install into an iso. this way you can install what you want and need and just make a custom disk. and if you dont want to do that, i think its auditor is the good one

It would be really helpful if you could link to the things you talk about.

bird603568

10-05-2006, 04:26 AM

i believe that this is it http://www.linux-live.org/

noonebutme

10-05-2006, 09:04 PM

Damn Small Linux. Runs from CD or USB drive.

simon

10-19-2006, 04:33 PM

I stumbled upon a big list (currently 310) of Live CDs (http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php) when downloading BackTrack if anyone's interested :)

lordfoul

10-19-2006, 05:32 PM

Nice find.

I see my Kanotix recommendation is quite popular over there.

jdhore

10-19-2006, 06:07 PM

i really only ever use Ubuntu live, Backtrack and DSL (Damn Small Linux)

TSSaloic

05-11-2007, 11:57 PM

I recommend
PCLinuxOS (My personal favorite) has a good community.

I do not recommend Ubuntu only because of the desktop manager, but I do recommend some of their sister projects in Kubuntu (Ubuntu base but with KDE instead of GNOME) or Xubuntu (Xfce on top of Ubuntu for speed and compatibity on old hardware) looks nice.

j34nn07

05-12-2007, 05:08 AM

I recommend Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the Wishka... Or (k)Ubuntu

tempesta

05-12-2007, 06:05 AM

I recommend Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the Wishka... Or (k)Ubuntu

BA_DOOM_CHING!!

yeah I'm a fan of Knoppox or a version of Ubuntu....