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Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is a live bootable cd, containing a whole operating system that works straight from boot, without the need to install or change anything on the hard disk. If you like and want to have it on harddisk you can simply copy the /dyne directory on your computer: the simpliest... Platforms: *nix

Ubuntu Linux is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10 Server, the first release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments. Like the standard desktop Ubuntu, it... Platforms: *nix

myOS project is minimalistic GNU/Linux based system. Beside the main goal - OpenGL capable, Linux based system without X, I was also looking to make system small and fast as possible, with quick kernel boot and system loading time. By making system small really took care of both since it can run... Platforms: *nix

Second Life Live CD is a Live CD based on Knoppix, for nvidia graphics cards only. Instructions for use on the CD /index.html. Platforms: *nix

GIS-Knoppix is a bootable Linux CD with pre-installed GIS software. It is based on Knoppix.. Platforms: *nix

etLinux is an embedded linux distribution, intended for PC/104 boards with flash disk (like M-Systems DiskOnChip) with very little memory and disk space (starting from 2Mb of RAM and 2Mb of flash disk). Subsequently well refer to the development platform as the "host system" and to the target... Platforms: *nix

SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. SLAX distirbution runs Linux directly from the CD (or USB) without installing. The Live CD described here is based on the Slackware Linux distribution and is downloadable from this website as an ISO image. The primary goal of... Platforms: *nix

Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based Linux distribution with focus on Internet applications, multimedia and programming tools. ZenLive Linux LiveCD is a complete system with software for Internet browsing, mail, chat, multimedia and office, as well as for programming in C,... Platforms: *nix

SLAMPP is a generic linux distribution which can boot and run directly off CD-ROM and has possibility to be installed onto harddisk. SLAMPP Live CD is designed to be used as an instant home server. Just like another linux live CD available at this moment, SLAMPP gives a linux newbie a chance to... Platforms: *nix

SFS-KNOPPIX is a kind of KNOPPIX which boots form Internet with a cloop on SFS (Self-certifying File System). SFS-KNOPPIX requires small boot loader (20MB image) and offers full KNOPPIX functions, Autoconfig, etc. SFS-KNOPPIX makes possible to change a cloop file (root file system of KNOPPIX)... Platforms: *nix

FoX Desktop Professional is the first Professional edition of FoX Desktop Linux, a Fedora-based desktop-oriented distribution, is now freely available. The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, and following a... Platforms: *nix

Cygwin Easy project is an autorun disk that let you work easily and quickly with Cygwin environment in a Windows computer without install anything on your hard disk. When you insert the disk in the drive the autorun start automatically, if nothing happens its necessary to run "autorun.bat"... Platforms: *nix

Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution ("LiveCD") for system administrators, based on Debian testing "etch". You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the... Platforms: *nix

openSUSE Live DVD contains a base desktop system (KDE and Gnome) with applications for office, multimedia and internet usage. The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete... Platforms: *nix

Linux on a Stick is an attempt to make a Live-CD/USB-Flash server Linux distro. At its heart is a very small and simple Linux distro that boots off CD/Flash and runs from RAM (Ie no spinning hard drives of death). This approach allows us to strip the OS to its very basic components, which... Platforms: *nix

Network Security Toolkit is a bootable ISO live CD and its based on Fedora Core 2. The toolkit was designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed Open Source Network Security Applications and should run on most x86 platforms. The main intent of developing this toolkit was to provide the... Platforms: *nix

NetworkControl is a utility to control and monitor network interfaces, including wireless ones (for which you see a signal strength meter, as shown). NetworkControl addresses a conspicuous lack in most Linux distributions — most tend to be short on easy-to-use network utilities, even... Platforms: *nix

Dartmouth OpenCA-LiveCD project is an KNOPPIX remaster. Dartmouth OpenCA-LiveCD is a bootable CD with an installation script to help people have an OpenCA Certificate Authority ready for testing in just a few minutes. This CD works on most Intel architecture PCs regardless of what operating... Platforms: *nix

Ubuntu is a Debian based linux distribution. Welcome to Feisty Fawn a.k.a Ubuntu 7.04.. Platforms: *nix

Maemo Live CD is a Knoppix (in fact Kanotix) based Linux distribution that contains a pre-built Maemo Environment as well as scratchbox for developing applications. Thus the Live CD can be used for demonstrating the Maemo GUI and for developing applications without having to install scratchbox.... Platforms: *nix