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MandrakeMove Bootable Linux CD Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the penguin-and-waddle dept.

joestar writes "MandrakeSoft just announced the release of the MandrakeMove release candidate, a special desktop version of the Mandrake Linux distribution that boots live from the CD and uses a USB key (included in the retail version) to automatically store personal data. It looks a bit like Knoppix, but comes with more features, such as the capability to eject the MandrakeMove CD-ROM during its use, in order to read audio or video files from another CD! The download release candidate is available here."

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  1. Great for schools by PPGMD · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The biggest problem schools seem to have would be kids messing with the system. Using MandrakeMove (or the first major one Knoppix), from a read only source (such as a compact flash card), and require the kids to have a USB Key (or another compact flash card).

    Might be the future of school PCs, or at least computers that are open to the public without a login.

  2. That "removable cd feature"... by geesus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is already in knoppix, check out the "cheat-codes" file, its a boot param which obviously isnt enabled by default so knoppix can run on systems with low memory

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  3. You can remove the Knoppix CD by cesman · · Score: 5, Informative

    At the splashscreen:knoppix toram

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  4. DVD... by SignificantBit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    4+Gb of opensource/free software on a single disc... why don't do a Linux DVD Live distro? ..just wondering.