18 Live Linux CDs -- In A Row

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."

Comments

So which one...

[skids]

Has the scariest startup screen to go along with the words "Hey, you'll loves this, I just wiped your system and installed Linux!"?

Re:So which one...

[stephenisu]

Well it's not technically Linux...

But have you seen the GNU logo? Scary looking thing it is.

Re:So which one...

[Anonymous Coward]

Admittedly, that's true. But it's still not a very nice thing to say about RMS.

Re:Can a .22 rifle shoot though 18 Live Linux CDs?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that you ESR?

Re:no gentoo?

[nuclear305]

They were probably still waiting on the bootstrap to compile the livecd image :)

What we need

[Anonymous Coward]

Is a really, really big bittorrent of all 18. Somebody get cracking on that.

Re:What we need

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't worry, don't move. The feds are on their way!

Re:no gentoo?

[notthe9]

Yeah, what about us 5up3r-1337 mofos who want to do it right? Lazy idiots with their binary versions of live CDs...

Re:no gentoo?

[c01100011]

live gentoo would be great . especially because the user would get to eat popcorn for 5 hours while watching it compile every time they boot.

Re:Can a .22 rifle shoot though 18 Live Linux CDs?

[flynns]

Of course it can, you fool! They've all got holes in the middle!!

Re:Live CDs

[desplesda]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these....

I can't fit more than three discs in my drive.

Hope they're not running their server...

[nxtr]

...using one of the live cds...

In a row?

[IntelliTubbie]

Try not to run any Linux distributions on the way to the parking lot! Hey, you ... get back here!

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

Cheers,
IT

Re:In a row?

[LGagnon]

My Linux distro is like a truck. Berzerker!
Would you like some making fsck? Berzerker!
My Linux distro is ticking clock. Berzerker!
Would you like to fsck my /dev/cock? Berzerker!

Re:In a row?

[madmancarman]

Imagine instead of Dante and Veronica, a conversation between Klaus Knopper and Pamela Jones of Groklaw:

PAMELA: That was Gentoo.
KLAUS: Why do you call him that?
PAMELA: Linus made it up. It's a live linux CD thing.
KLAUS: What do you mean?
PAMELA: After he boots a live CD, he likes to download and compile new binaries from source. It's called gentooing.
KLAUS: He requested this?
PAMELA: He gets off on it.
KLAUS: Linus can be talked into anything.
PAMELA: Why do you say that?
KLAUS: Like you said - he gentooed him.
PAMELA: Linus? No; I gentooed him.
KLAUS: Yeah, right.
PAMELA: I'm serious...
KLAUS: You booted that guy's live CD?
PAMELA: Yeah. How do you think I know he liked...
KLAUS: But...but you said you only installed three distros! You never mentioned his!
PAMELA: That's because I never installed his!
KLAUS: You booted his live CD!
PAMELA: We went out a few times. We didn't install, but we fooled around.
KLAUS: Oh my God! Why did you tell me you only installed three distros?
PAMELA: Because I did only install three distros! That doesn't mean I didn't just live-boot with people.
KLAUS: Oh my God-I feel so nauseous...
PAMELA: I'm sorry, Klaus. I thought you understood.
KLAUS: I did understand! I understand that you installed three different distros, and that's all you said.
PAMELA: Please calm down.
KLAUS: How many?
PAMELA: Klaus...
KLAUS: How many live CDs have you booted?!
PAMELA: Let it go...
KLAUS: HOW MANY?
PAMELA: All right! Shut up a second and I'll tell you! Jesus! I didn't freak like this when you told me how many distros you installed.
KLAUS: This is different. This is important. How many?!
PAMELA: Something like seventeen.
KLAUS: WHAT? SOMETHING LIKE SEVENTEEN?
PAMELA: Lower your voice!
KLAUS: What the hell is that anyway, "something like seventeen?" Does that include mine?
PAMELA: Um. Eighteen.
KLAUS: I'M EIGHTEEN?
PAMELA: I'm going to class.
KLAUS: Eighteen?! My girlfriend booted eighteen live CDs!
RMS: In a row?

repeat after me..

[naelurec]

FreeBSD is NOT Linux!!

Seems like ever since Distrowatch started tracking FreeBSD, everyone seems to think that FreeBSD is just another Linux distro.

The Linux community should tar and feather those who mix up ye unholy non-GPL software with the almight GNU/Linux distros!! Down with Distrowatch! Down with OSNews and James LaRue!! hehe..

[tt] Re:Lacking a Major Player?

[nocomment]

Also, wouldn't FreeSBIE be considered a "dead" cd?