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."

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[CypherXero]

Why is FreeBSD listed? It's not Linux.

Please find me a liveCD

[mrpuffypants]

Here's what I want:

- A linux liveCD without any X server installed whatsoever
- DSL doesn't count, since it has to hack a bunch of things up to work within 50MB
- If possible, i'd like it to be debian-based

Any ideas?

I've tried re-mastering Knoppix over and over but it seems like the minute I uninstall KDE/X the whole system craps out.

Re:Please find me a liveCD

[bfree]

Perhaps Debian From Scratch is what you are looking for?

Gentoo Live CD

[colonslashslash]

NavyNOS is actually a pretty good Live CD based on Gentoo. I've not used it a great deal, but enough to tell you that the default WM is fluxbox with a sleek theme and background, and it comes with an installer script to make a Gentoo HD install alot quicker for those who are concerned about it.

GUI frontends for partition editing, portage (Porthole IIRC) and the Gentoo file browser are there by default on top of the usual suspects and a few extra net/security apps.

We have a torrent up for it here if anyone is interested:
The Linux Mirror Project - NavyNos 2005.01 torrent

Homepage here:
http://navynos.linux.pl/

This is the only Gentoo based Live CD that I'm aware of, if anyone knows of another, please enlighten me.

Re:Linux on grandma's desktop?

[cwg_at_opc]

what we need is a quickie questionaire that helps you decide which distro suits your needs, then burns the ISO for you, sort of like the weird quizes on bbspot.com only serious.

Re:So how many of these can...

[mrchaotica]

You don't want a liveCD; you want a tool to create a customized liveCD. Something like Catalyst, for instance.

That way you could have all (and only) the features you want, and you could go ahead and put your configuration files and served websites and whatnot on the CD itself instead of a floppy.