Free cool linux cd software for linux

PLD is a free, RPM-based Linux distribution, aimed at the more advanced users and administrators, who accept the tradeoffs of using a system, that might require manual tweaking in exchange for much flexibility.

Simultaneous support for a wide variety of architectures and non-conservative approach to RPM usage provides our users with a consistent environment on almost all available architectures.

Microdrive Live Linux is a tiny little live cd system.
Main features:
- This is basically a set of scripts which you can use to make your own live linux cd.
- It depends on busybox, isolinux and linux of course.
- I am planning to build a small bunch of diskless, monitorless, keyboardless nodes to do my rendering work [3D]. For them to run, I have various options but live cd seem to be most trouble free.
- But then I couldnt find a live cd, that more or less faithfully follows a ordinary installed linux system. They seem to use squashfs or unionfs or some other form of pseudo writable file systems. I couldnt even get the slax to show me a screen. I am sure it is to do with my laptop graphics card.
- But it sort of inspired me to make my own live cd, so I can match the components to the same library versions of my installed systems.
- To this end instead of making a single cd, I broke the work needed in to a set of scripts so that the whole thing is manageable and reusable.
- Hopefully it will be useful to someone else out there.
- Have a nice day.
- Released under GPL Do you need to ask! ."

PCLinuxOS is an English only Live CD initially based on Mandrake Linux that runs entirely from a bootable CD.

Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly, allowing up to 2GB of programs on one CD including a complete X server, KDE desktop, OpenOffice.org and many more applications all ready to use.

In addition to the live CD, you can also install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive with an easy-to-use livecd-installer. Additional applications can be added or removed from your hard drive using a friendly apt-get front end via Synaptic.

Phrealon is a bootable linux CD based on Slackware Linux 8.0 (now 9.0)designed to allow the easy imaging of multiple workstations.

It utilizes the udpcast set of Linux tools to accomplish this.

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 /mnt/**.

Lots of useful applications are included.And you can also copy the CD to a FAT32 partition, and run it on your hard disk by launching a ms-dos program called loadlin.

A Live-CD is a completely operational Linux system contained on one bootable CD that can de run from any CD-ROM drive, without requering the installation of anything on your hard drive. When you want to return to your previous operating system, reboot and simply remove the CD from your drive. If you want to run Frankie Linux on your harddisk, just copy to a FAT32 Partition.

Frankie Linux is a distro base on Slackware , and it contains almost all usefull software for running full-fledged desktop, including Xwindow graphics user interface and lots of useful applications.

Frankie Linux can also be installed (manually) to a ext2/ext3/Reiserfs partition like other distributions, but you have to configure boot loader manually.

Arudius is a live CD Linux distribution based on Minislack (Zenwalk) and Slaxs Linux Live scripts.
It contains an extensive set of software tools used by IT security professionals for penetration testing and vulnerability analysis.
Its goal is to include the most comlete set of useful tools and still maintain a small footprint.
Enhancements:
- This release features the addition of some novel security tools: tools for passive network discovery by analyzing broadcast traffic, very fast SMB password cracking tool, a UPnP device discovery tool analyzing M-SEARCH packets, and a few others.

Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals.
Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD or as a rescue system. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk, although this option is also available (it needs 1.2GB of hard disk space). Berry Linux is based on Red Hat Linux and Knoppix.
Main features:
- Support for Kernel-2.6. ALSA, ACPI, selinux.
- Overlay Filesystem Support.
- Berry Linux is not necessary to install. (Root partition is in the ramdisc using initrd, all commands are operated by being transfered from CD-ROM)
- Install without parting patitions on Windows to use install.bat. (Using cloop/loopback device)
- Its possible to install Berry Linux on hard disk. (Use Berry Linux Installer or Copy under /BERRY/, and set up LILO)
- Berry Linux can boot from USB-HDD/memory.
- Berry Linux uses WHIZ, a very sharp Kana-Kanji conversion system. (WHIZ Project)
- Automatically recognizes USB storage, and show icons.
- Berry Linux uses free Japanese True Type Fonts.
- Berry Linux uses bootsplash when booting.
- Berry Linux uses DHCP to connect the Network. (If youd like to use PPPoE, you should setting up it on the Terminal)
- Its possible to save personal setting.
- Red Hat Fedora compatible.
- Using new technologies.
- You can listen to mp3 using XMMS, and play DVD/DivX using MPlayer and XINE.
- You can edit files of Microsoft Word, Excel by OpenOffice.
Berry Linux Minis Features:
- Minimum Linux enviroment is available by using Berry Linux Mini.
- Its file size is very small. (148.0MB)
- Its light. Because of the Window Manager is Fluxbox.
- You can enjoy comfortable Linux enviroment.