18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday February 1, 2005 @04:25PM from the that-doesn't-mean-they're-fighting dept.

prostoalex writes "OSNews carries "a quick roundup" of 18 (they are not kidding, eighteen) live Linux distributions. Among those who made the list: Basilisk (based on Fedora), BeatrIX (based on Debian/Knoppix/Ubuntu), Berry Linux (based on Fedora), Damn Small Linux (based on Debian), FreeSBIE (based on Free BSD), Gnoppix (Knoppix/Debian plus Gnome, now merged with Ubuntu), Kanotix (modified Knoppix/Debian), Knoppix (the first big live CD, based on Debian), Luit (Debian/Xfce, rox filing system), Mandrake Move (based on Mandrake), Mepis (Debian), Morphix (modular Debian), PCLinuxOS Preview (a Mandrake fork), Sam (Mandrake/Xfce), SLAX (Slackware), Suse 9.1 and 9.2 (rpm-based), Ubuntu Live (Debian), Xfld (Debian/Damn Small Linux and Xfce). To call it a review would be a stretch, although a helpful paragraph on each operating system's claim to fame is provided."

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no gentoo? by MyDixieWrecked · 2005-02-01 16:27 · Score: 1, Flamebait

What?!?!?! NO GENTOO?!

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Re:Inevitable comment, but valid point.. by Deliveranc3 · 2005-02-02 02:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Windows works out of the box, with everything working. Monitor, Graphics card, internet everything!

Yea it's harder for linux, but it doesn't mean that the goal shouldn't be the same.

In terms of ease of use a few distro's I've installed have been far and away better, Mandrake, Redhat, Suse. (Debian falls the farthest short, though it sounds like Gentoo also sucks.)

I haven't tried the auto update from internet but I haven't heard good things.