Linux Boot

KBoot project is a proof-of-concept implementation of a Linux boot loader based on kexec. KBoot uses a boot loader like LILO or GRUB to load a regular Linux kernel as its first stage. Then, the full capabilities of the kernel can be used to locate and to access the kernel to be booted. KBoot... Platforms: *nix

Bootchart is a software for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot process and can later be displayed in a PNG, SVG or EPS-encoded chart. The boot process is modified to start the boot... Platforms: *nix

LiMP is a a tiny LIVE CD based linux distro, that loads into memory and works only in the memory. This is the easiest, simpler yet powerful distro that works in all computers (PIII onwards). Linux Multimedia Player supports most of the known formats, let it be mpeg-I, or mpeg-II, or divx, or... Platforms: *nix

MultiBootUSB was designed as a simple tool that allows the user to install multiple Live Linux Distros into a single USB drive. You will then be able to boot Linux from your flash drive. Now you can easily boot the Linux distribution you want with the help of this handy instrument. Platforms: Windows

LinuxLive USB Creator is a handy, easy to use application designed to enable you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it. This software also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization to directly run Linux in Windows without any configuration nor installation. Platforms: Windows

FCCU GNU/Linux Forensic Bootable CD is a bootable CD based on KNOPPIX that contains a lot of tools suitable for computer forensic investigatins, including bash scripts. FCCU GNU/Linux Forensic Boot CDs main purpose is to create images of devices prior to analysis, and it is used by the Belgian... Platforms: *nix

Live session login user: custom password: leave blank(empty) Blender-boot is designed to be a dual boot Linux distro. It boots straight into a light enviroment with Blender already open. Its has Dropbox and UbuntuOne for saving your files to open easily in your main operating system. It has... Platforms: *nix

The Xbox Linux Project aims to privide a version of GNU/Linux for the Xbox, so that it can be used as an ordinary computer. Linux should make use of all Xbox hardware and allow to install and run software from standard i386 Linux distributions. An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop... Platforms: *nix

PXES project is a micro Linux thin client distribution. PXES will boot a real thin client or will help to convert in minutes any compliant hardware (see list bellow) into a versatile thin client. They will be capable of accessing any XDM server presenting the graphical login screen or any... Platforms: *nix

Linux graphical bootsplash allows you to use custom graphics during early system startup. It makes it possible to place a nice graphic behind or above the kernel boot messages. Linux graphical bootsplash hooks into the fbcon layer and, if activated, searches the initial ramdisk for a JPEG... Platforms: *nix

bicl is a tool for editing the built-in command line boot arguments in binary files like the PPC64 Linux compressed kernel image and the PPC64 Xen compressed hypervisor boot image. he boot argument processing for powerpc Xen is much less complex than it may appear. Assuming that the Simplify... Platforms: *nix

Castle is a server distribution from the ALT Linux Team in Russia. Installation instructions and some other documentation is available in English. Brief RSBAC instructions: 1. During installation process you will have to create security officer account. This is a user that can setup RSBAC... Platforms: *nix

Puppy Linux is an evolutionary operating system, based on GNU Linux. Whats different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full featured. Puppy Linux can boot into a 64MB ramdisk, and thats it, the whole caboodle runs in RAM. Unlike live CD distributions that have to keep... Platforms: *nix

Borg Live is a bootable CD-Rom containing a GNU/Linux operative system, that permits you to boot directly from the CD, without the need of an hard disk installation . The system is based on Slax , the Slackware Linux Live CD.. Platforms: *nix

Core is a minimal distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system designed to be the basis for a complete system constructed by the end user. A fresh installation of Core will boot into a console and provide the user with the tools needed to download, compile and install other applications. Core... Platforms: *nix

Crash Recovery for Linux sounds a bit superfluous. Linux is regarded as one of todays most stable Operating Systems. In the case of some hardware failure like a broken disk it can however be handy. Of course your machine doesnt have to have linux installed to make use of the CRK kit. There are... Platforms: *nix

Damn Small Linux Not is built on Damn Small Linux technology. Damn Small Linux Not is also small, bigger than DSL but smaller than most. Damn Small Linux Not provides a reliable, and compact array of applications based mostly on the GTK2 libraries. DSL-N is not an evolution of DSL, it is not... Platforms: *nix

Frankie Linux is a bootable CD containing the Linux desktop operating system for PC. Frankie Linux runs Linux directly from the CD without installing. All your available partitions and data storage devices (CD-ROM, USB storage devices, etc.) should be recognized at boot and should be mounted to... Platforms: *nix

Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. The question most people raise is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux... Platforms: *nix

Hedinux distribution (formerly Octoz) GNU/Linux is an independently developed desktop OS with ease-of-use as its prime objective. The distribution comes in two editions - a minimalist live CD with the XFce desktop, and a netinstall CD which provides a text-based installer for package... Platforms: *nix