MultiBootISOs Boots Multiple Operating Systems from a USB Drive
Can’t decide whether you should commit your spare thumb drive to Windows recovery, Ubuntu, or some other live-booting OS? Run MultiBootISOs on your USB drive, and you won’t have to choose—you’ll just...
View ArticleDaily 5: Five uses for an Ubuntu LiveCD
OMG! Ubuntu! has an article covering additional uses for the Ubuntu LiveCD besides installation.
View ArticleopenSUSE 11.3 LiveCD with MeeGo desktop
The H has news that an openSUSE 11.3 LiveCD with the MeeGo desktop is available for download.
View ArticleAnalysts View: Antivirus Rescue CDs
I examine nine AV rescue CDs designed to remove particularly nasty malware to determine which is the best disc, and if the free ones are good enough. via PCMag.com
View ArticleRemaster Knoppix without Remastering
Kyle Rankin, author of Knoppix Hacks, has a Google Tech Talk presentation video detailing tricks for customizing Knoppix without going through the lengthy remastering process.
View ArticleUbuntu 11.04 Released with a New Interface
Ubuntu 11.04 is out, grab the live Desktop CD in order to check out Canonical’s new GUI. Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal. This major update...
View ArticleLinux on a Fingernail
Linux Journal checks out UNetbootin and usb-creator, two great tools for easily creating LiveUSB devices. This issue of Linux Journal is all about how to get Linux in your pocket. In this article, I go...
View ArticleGParted Live: A Boot Disk ISO You Can’t Afford to Be Without
A quick overview of GParted Live. If you ever need to partition or edit the partitions on your hard drives without an existing OS on the computer, then GParted Live should be in your PC toolbox. via...
View ArticlePuppy Linux update the “fastest and friendliest” yet
The Puppy Linux development team has released version 5.2.8 of its minimal Linux distribution. via The H Open Source
View ArticleLiveUSB Install – Not Just Another Live USB Creator for #Linux
An overview of a LiveUSB creator for Linux and Windows. LiveUSB Install, which is written in PyGTK, may be a powerful tool for ‘burning’ LiveUSB’s but it is still very easy to use. via OMG! Ubuntu!
View ArticleCeBIT 2012: Knoppix 7.0 presented
Speaking at this years CeBIT Open Source Forum, Knoppix creator Klaus Knopper presented version 7.0 of his popular Live Linux distribution. via The H Open Source.
View ArticleOrdering “Windows to Go”: how to create a bootable Windows 8 USB thumb drive...
Ars Technica creates a bootable LiveUSB of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview: To get an idea of what can and cant be done with Windows to Go, I built my own installation of the OS—a task that is not for...
View ArticleUbuntu Combines Three Disc Images in 12.10 Beta 1
For years Ubuntu has released a LiveCD (Desktop), LiveDVD (DVD), and text-mode installer (Alternate) for each release. For 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), Ubuntu is getting rid of these three images and...
View ArticleSlax 7.0 released
Slax is back! I’m happy to announce the final release of Slax version 7.0, code name Green Horn. After more than three years of silence Slax is back in action and is better than ever before. Also the...
View ArticleBest System Rescue Disc?
Lifehacker is collecting votes for the Best System Rescue Disc. …and the results.
View ArticleA fresh litter of Puppy Linux releases: Wary, Racy and Quirky
Barry Kauler, the developer of the Puppy family of Linux distributions, has released version 5.5 of the Wary and Racy branches of the project. via The H Open
View ArticleKali Linux Released by the Creators of BackTrack
The creators of the popular and comprehensive security LiveCD BackTrack released a new distro name Kali Linux Kali is a more mature, secure, and enterprise-ready version of BackTrack Linux. Official...
View ArticleHow to Boot From a CD or USB Drive on Any PC
Useful instructions from LifeHacker for anyone getting started with LiveCDs. How to Boot From a CD or USB Drive on Any PC.
View ArticleEdward Snowden Used the Tails LiveCD
“When Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption software called PGP for all communications. Now Klint Finley reports that Snowden also used The Amnesic...
View ArticleTails and the NSA in the News Again
Not only was the Tails LiveCD used by Edward Snowden, an article about it published by Linux Journal was (is?) a trigger to for the NSA. The pattern matches one particular article on Linux Journal,...
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