Projects tagged ‘live-cd’

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Fedora is a free operating system that offers the best combination of stable and cutting-edge software that exists in the free software world. Latest version is Fedora 9!

Kubuntu is a a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.

Parsix GNU/Linux is a live and installation CD derived from KANOTIX and based on Debian. It is a complete GNOME centric desktop oriented distribution. Beside of the dozens supported languages, Parsix GNU/Linux also supports Persian keyboard and users ... [More] can switch to Persian with Alt+Shift keys. You can install and use Parsix GNU/Linux as your PC's operating system. [Less]

Mandriva Linux is a community-based Linux distribution, suitable for a wide range of solutions: from clustering to servers, firewalls and - most commonly - desktops. Mandriva Linux has a long history of open development, especially via the "Cooker", a fluid distribution that resembles a stable release for a few weeks every six months.

Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment, meaning that it will run fast while still delivering a user-friendly interface. Older computers feel lively again, while newer ones will run faster than ever before!

Pardus is GNU/Linux distribution developed by TUBITAK/UEKAE according to computer literates' basic desktop needs; uses existing distributions' dominant parts as concept, architecture or code; provides easy use, configuration, installation with configuration environment and tools that can be converted to an autonomous system.

The goal of the Syllable project is to create a family of easy-to-use free software operating systems. It is the continuation of the BeOS-like AtheOS. Syllable Desktop has its own C kernel with symmetric multiprocessing, multithreaded pre-emptive ... [More] multitasking, high POSIX compliancy, 64-bit journaled filesystem (AFS) with metadata, an integrated native GUI architecture with an object-oriented C++ API, SDL, singular native toolkit and multi-user desktop environment. The system seeks to be an integrated, lightweight, easy-to-program, powerful, high-performance graphical desktop environment which avoids legacy OS paradigms that frustrate developers and have hindered the computing masses' adoption of a free-software desktop. Syllable Server is a matching small and efficient Linux server. [Less]

sidux is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, Debian's most modern branch (called "Sid") and free and open source applications. It is a live distro with special focus on clean and easy hard disk install. Strategic milestones and 3-4 planned ... [More] releases timetabled will give stability and accountability to corporate and home users with a demand for bleeding edge software running on modern hardware, and a definable path over time. [Less]

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 ... [More] of architectures and non-conservative approach to RPM usage provides our users with a consistent environment on almost all available architectures. [Less]

If Art would have a name, its name would be Sabayon. The most advanced, scalable and community driven Linux distribution of this odd world, brought to you from a fashion-leading country. Home, Server and Business computing at the service of human beings, with beauty. Don't wait, get it today for free.

Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a security-enhanced server platform. The primary approaches to security are proactive source code review, privilege reduction, privilege separation, careful selection of third-party software, safe defaults ... [More] , "hardening" to reduce the likelihood of successful exploitation of security flaws, and the uses of "strong" cryptography. Also available are policy enforcement and integrity checking capabilities. Besides the security enhancements, other key properties of Owl include the ability to rebuild the entire system from source with one simple command ("make buildworld"), support for software packages found in or developed for Red Hat's and compatible Linux distributions, and support for multiple architectures (currently x86, x86-64, SPARC, and Alpha). [Less]

Annvix is a free secure Linux-based operating system. The Annvix project aims to provide a secure, stable, and fast Linux distribution specifically tailored to servers that provide reliable services such as Email, Web, DNS, FTP, File sharing, and more.

Linux From Scratch is an instruction manual detailing how you can bootstrap, build, configure and install your very own GNU/Linux system from the ground up. Each piece of the Linux puzzle is explained, with instructions on how to configure and compile everything from source.

Inquisitor is an open-source hardware testing and certification platform, suitable for both enterprise and home use, customizable, modular and available in both serverless Live CD/DVD format and server-controlled network boot production system.

Kanotix is a rock-solid Linux based on Debian-Sid, which contains the newest packages and recognizes more modern hardware than any other operating system in use today. Kanotix will run as a LIVE-CD on practically any computer. It also installs to ... [More] hard drive in just a few minutes and is ideal for use on your desktop workstation or notebook, or as a server. [Less]

Ark Linux is a Linux distribution for everyone - designed to be easy to install and learn for users without prior Linux (or computer) experience, while powerful enough for longtime Linux users. Ark Linux is based on KDE desktop environment.

This project creates RAM based block device (named ramzswap) which acts as swap disk. Pages swapped to this disk are compressed and stored in memory itself. Compressing pages and keeping them in RAM virtually increases its capacity. This allows ... [More] more applications to fit in given amount of memory. This is especially useful for: Embedded Devices: Memory is scarce and adding more memory increases device cost. Also, flash storage suffers from wear-leveling issues, so its useful if we can avoid using them as swap device. Small Desktops (aka Virtual Machines!): De/Compression is much faster than swapping to disks (include seek times!). Of course, you also get to run VMs with much less RAM assigned. Total memory savings from individual VMs can be quite significant if multiple VMs are hosted. LiveCDs : These typically do not have any disk swap configured. Mailing Listslinux-mm-cc at laptop.org (Info Page) HelpCompilingAndUsing Patches NewsOct 03, 08 - xvMalloc: New memory allocator. This removes dependence on kernel vmalloc area. Its also quite memory efficient! Details here. Aug 13, 08 - compcache-0.4 now available. Nothing new but few bug fixes and lot of cleanups. See Changelog included for details. Jul 18, 08 - After lot more rigorous testing (on x86), compcache patches are now available from Downloads area. For help on using these patches, refer Patches. Out-of-tree kernel modules are still available. Jul 14, 08 - Patch for 2.6.26 is (here) and here is Changelog. Jun 29, 08 - Here comes patch for Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc8 (download). It fixes bug in previous patch that could cause segfault when loading module and free invalid memory in swap free notify callback. Jun 17, 08 - Patch for Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc6 for compcache is here - Its better than compcache-0.3 in terms of space efficiency, speed and also has lot of cleanups. May 13, 08 - Some Performance numbers. Apr 28, 08 - Todo list is here Mar 17, 08 - compcache-0.3 Released with more bug fixes! Mar 03, 08 - compcache-0.2 Released! Now it also exports statistics through /proc. Feb 20, 08 - compcache-0.1 Released! Feb 14, 08 - TLSFAllocator - Performance evaluation of TLSF allocator. Jan 24, 08 - SwapReplayDesign - Design and usage information. Work on allocator continues. Jan 09, 08 - SwapReplay sub-project now functional! Will post some documentation soon. Dec 21, 07 - Now compcache can dynamically resize - pages are allocated on demand and freed when not required. For now, compression structure is not yet implemented i.e. compressed page still requires 1 page for storage. Compression structure (heart of this project!) is currently under design. AcknowledgmentsThanks to John McCabe-Dansted and Nai Xia for their testing efforts. [Less]

Free Upgrade Southtyrol's Schools (FUSS) is a project funded by the European Social Fund which has upgraded the computer systems of all the italian schools in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen, removing all the software with a proprietary ... [More] license used in the school activity with the FUSS GNU/Linux Soledad distribution. The project has developed the software solution and released it under a free software license. The main goal of the project is to think about computer science as a trasveral tool for teaching and not only as a specific discipline or a simple work to learn to use a specific software solution, giving thus a valid support to the schools' didactics. [Less]

Builder Our Builder generates our repositories and liveCD. It is a series of bash scripts, which you may retrieve from our SVN Repositry. How To Create Your Own GNULinux Distribution Updating Builder Modifying a New Package Emeta

Archie is a set of scripts for the creation of a live-cd based on Arch Linux