Free bootable dvd software for linux

boot-dvd project contains a couple of Perl-scripts that can be used to create a custom DVD-ISO image (to be burned), that contains user selected Linux boot/live-CD images (only ISOLINUX boot loader supported) in a handy GRUB menu.
Enhancements:
- Many updates and bugfixes were made.

BCCD - Bootable Cluster CD was created to facilitate instruction of parallel computing aspects and paradigms. Part of the difficulty instructors face is lack of dedicated resources to explore distributed computing aspects lack of time to preconfigure and test the supporting environment.

The BCCD image addresses this problem by providing a non-destructive overlay way to run a full-fledged parallel computing environment on just about any workstation-class system...Were happy to say that this now includes the MAC too!

The BCCD does share similarities with a few diskless solutions for clustering, such as the Warewulf project, the thin-OSCAR approach, Cluster Knoppix (only an openMosix system, no MPI/LAM/PVM build tools, ...), and so on. This is definitely the trend in HPC. But the main differences are that the BCCD will always fit in your pocket, be highly customizable for specific institutions needs, and will always be geared toward education and not dedicated clusters.

The "gar" build system also sets the BCCD apart from other projects. "gar" is a mix between BSDs "ports" system, Linux from scratch, and gentoo Linux. With gar, you can build an entire BCCD image from net-fetched sources in about two hours (assuming you have a primed ccache!).

The BCCD is also distinctly different from NPACI-Rocks, OSCAR, Cluster in a box or other type of mass-imaging clustering project for two reasons:

1. Its a non-destructive overlay on top of the current hardware. Once a system is rebooted, it reverts back to its original state. It is intended to be booted "over top" of a currently-configured Windows/Linux/BSD/etc. system.
2. Its focus in on educational aspects of High-Performance Computing (HPC) instead of the HPC core. Students will have a much better appreciation and understanding of how to tweak an MTU setting or wire the topology across a cluster if they understand how a distributed computation is laid out! Emphasis is placed upon building, configuring, and running distributed applications.

RoFreeSBIE Live DVD is the first Live DVD based on FreeBSD 6.1 operating system.
Main features:
NEW FREEBSD PORTBROWSER
Includes Portbrowser, an efficient package manager with a simple way to install applications (more than 14500 FreeBSD applications from ports or binary packages).
SCRIPTS
Find under the RofreeSbie Tools a wide-range of powerful scripts. From Internet and antivirus configurations to all partitions detection, this is a must-have tool for average BSD users.
TEST YOUR HARDWARE
Testing your hardware compatibility with FreeBSD 6.1 before installing couldnt be easier with a Live CD/DVD like RoFreeSBIE.
SECURITY
High level of security thanks to UNIX solid as a rock, Clamav antivirus, F-Prot antivirus and a firewall. Feel safe with RoFreeSBIE.
Let others commercial operating systems lose your root password in 20 minutes or a kid at home install a trojan in your computer.
INTELLIGENT UPDATES
Because RoFreeSBIE is FreeBSD based, it uses intelligent ways of updating: cvsup and recompiling the base system or binary patches.
If you use cvsup, you can track daily changes on the FreeBSD base system and easily obtain a new FreeBSD release when it appears.
LINUX SUPPORT
RoFreeSBIE runs Linux applications with high performance and speed. Why should you have to choose between BSD and Linux, when you can get the best of both?
CLONE PARTITIONS
With clone.sh youll be able to make a compressed image of a chosen partition from your HDD and store it on another writable partition.
ROFREESBIE MEANS...
Romanian Free System Burned In Economy, its main version being English. KDE support is available in:
Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Russian and German. More languages will be included soon due to your help. Thanks.
Enhancements:
- Minor bugs corrected

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 Linux distribution.
The openSUSE project has three main goals: make openSUSE the easiest Linux for anyone to obtain and the most widely used Linux distribution; leverage open source collaboration to make openSUSE the worlds most usable Linux distribution and desktop environment for new and experienced Linux users; dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux developers and software vendors.
Enhancements:
- The last piece of the openSUSE 10.2 distribution got released today.
- The Live DVD image has a size of 1.7 GB and can be used on every x86 compatible system with at least 512 MB of memory.
- It contains a base desktop system (KDE and Gnome) with applications for office, multimedia and internet usage.

MultiLinux Live DVD contains a number of bootable live distributions, all available for selection from the initial GRUB boot menu.
The concept was originally started by a Spanish web site called Nautopia.net, which provided the build script. More recently, the Michoacan Free Software User Group has created a complete DVD image for download.
Main features:
- Knoppix - 4.02
- Ubuntu 6.06 - Dapper Flight CD 5
- Livux 2.0
- PCLinuxOS P92
- Simple-Mepis 3.4.3
- System Rescue CD - 0.2.17
- Puppy-1.0.8.1r1
- Elive-0.4.2
- Damn Small - 2.2b

IOSN Live CD is an bootable CD that boots into a usable and fully featured Linux Desktop. In addition to standard FOSS productivity and multimedia applications, it is bundled with a User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop in print and multimedia formats as well as several IOSN Free/Open Source Software Primers.

Note: This is a beta release.

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.
Main features:
- Kernel 2.4.24 with Openmosix clustering support
- X Graphical system
- XFCE Window Manager
To use the Live CD , you need:
A Computer PC-Compatible ( not a MAC one )
A Bios that permit to boot from the CD drive
A Pentium III ( or AMD equivalent ) or better CPU
64 Mb RAM
A CD-Rom or DVD unit
A Mouse ( better if PS2 or USB )
# Instructions for the first boot
1) enable BIOS to boot from Cd-rom
2) Insert the Cd
3) Take a look at the boot options , just when the image appears , pressing F1
4) ( Write down your desired options if any , then ) Press Enter
5) Login as root , no password

Scientific Linux is a Linux release put together by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters.
The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source.
Our main goal for the base distribution is to have everything compatible with Enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes. An example of of items that were added are Pine, and OpenAFS.
Our secondary goal is to allow easy customization for a site, without disturbing the Scientific Linux base. The various labs are able to add their own modifications to their own site areas. By the magic of scripts, and the anaconda installer, each site is to be able to create their own distributions with minimal effort. Or, if a users wishes, they can simply install the base SL release.
The Scientific Linux project, which rebuilds source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) into a complete RHEL clone, has released a live CD/DVD edition of their latest version for the i386 and x86_64 architectures:
"The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD is a bootable CD/DVD that runs Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It is based on Scientific Linux 4 It uses Unification File System (Unionfs), allowing read-only file system to behave as a writable one and SquashFS providing on-the-fly decompression that allows to store 2GB of software on a normal CD-ROM. The Live CD/DVD was built using modified scripts from Linux-Live."
Enhancements:
- Scientific Linux Live CD 5.0 has been released for i386 and x86_64 architectures. The Scientific Linux Live CD is a bootable CD that runs Scientific Linux directly from CD without installing. New feature: Live CD can be installed to local hard disk. Major software updates compared to Scientific Linux 4 Live CD: Linux kernel 2.6.18, OpenAFS client 1.4.4, X.Org 7.1, 3D desktop with Compiz and AIGLX, GNOME 2.16.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Firefox 1.5. Additional features: can be installed on USB key; can be mounted over NFS (as diskless client).