[FADCA] Fwd: [SLUG] 10 things to do with a live cd.

[Chuck Hast]

This came off of the Suncoast Linux Users Group, it is a nice listing of
Live CD's, the one I am starting to look at very hard is the Damn Small
Linux, I have some more info on how to do modifications to live CD's so
that we can include the network stuff and other tools in a "FADCA live CD".

DSL is a derivative of Debian and related to Knoppix, indeed some
consider it a derivation of Knoppix. All of them are available for download.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Snyder <res03q8w at gte.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:35:50 -0500
Subject: [SLUG] 10 things to do with a live cd.
To: slug at nks.net


Saw this is a forum I visit and thought it was neat.

Live Linux CDs are a simple concept with many possible uses. Here are 10
things you can do with a live Linux CD.

*1. Try Linux without installing it*

Knoppix <http://www.knoppix.net/> is the "mother" of all live Linux
CD's. It comes with 2 GBs of software making it the perfect distribution
to try Linux with.

*2. Use as a portable desktop*

Slax <http://www.slax.org/> fits on a small 8cm CD making it literally
pocket sized and contains enough software to be useful for everyday use
<http://www.tuxs.org/slax.htm>.

*3. Maintain hard drive/recover data*

SystemRescue CD <http://www.sysresccd.org/> includes a host of tools for
maintaining a hard drive including a partition manager and resizing
software and drive imaging software. SystemRescue CD can read a variety
of file systems including Windows NTFS.

*4. Install Linux*

MEPIS <http://www.mepis.org/> Linux can be run from the CD to try it out
and then installed from the running distribution in a very friendly
environment.

*5. Try Linux software*

PCLinuxOS <http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos> is similar to MEPIS in
that it can be run and installed from the CD. It also includes some of
the best Linux software available for you to try out.

*6. Reset forgotten Windows passwords*

Austrumi <http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/index_en.html> is a good little
live CD distribution that includes a tool at boot that allows you to
reset forgotten Windows passwords (including Administrator).

*7. Build your own distribution*

Damn Small Linux <http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/> is a fantastic 50 MB
distribution as is or that you can personalize with your own choice of
software using the very easy to use myDSL system.

*8. Watch/listen to multimedia*

Movix <http://movix.sourceforge.net/> is a live distribution designed
just for playing audio and video files from the internet, CD and DVD.

*9. Play games*

Morphix <http://www.morphix.org/> is a modular distribution that has a
version just for playing games.

*10. Scan safely for virus's*

INSERT <http://www.inside-security.de/INSERT_en.html> is the INside
SEcurity Rescue Toolkit and includes an anti-virus package making it a
great way to clean an infected computer.

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