Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 1234 ... LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 45

Thread: What Live CD would you recommand?

  1. #11
    Junior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Posts
    11
    My vote is DSL
    A Knoppix derivative, only 50M, fits on Business Card size CDR. Same hardware detection capability as Knoppix. Latest version has firefox!! and loads of minimalist apps.

    it has about 600Megs (and growing) of loadable apps called MYDSL extensions, which I can be loaded on demand from net/hd/cdrom.

    Suitable for old, low ram computer, lowest spec I know is 486DX25 32M, although I read success on SX version which I take with a grain of salt. On Athlon XP2800, takes about 1.5 minutes to boot, scan/configure all hw, dhcp over wireless, load X with1024x768 24b, load firefox, google, cold shutdown. My usoft XP is still loading in 90sec

    The main reason I use it on my thinkpad is I run it entirely off ram, with cdrom and hardisk unmounted, connected to fileserver via samba, compute servers via vnc; 100% no moving parts. I challenged colleagues notebook shake test; ie we shake each others notebook to heart content till something break.. no takers yet, I have smart colleagues. I have good reason to be paranoid about hardisk crashing my R31, T41, T41p, T42 all crashed on me even with IBMs hd protection software on. what can i say, I am brutal to my laptop.

    no i dont work for DSL. Os used, usoft, rh, slack, debian, knoppix, vax, vms, solaris, hpux, sunos, ultrix, slax, tomrtbt, mandrake, suse, peanut, yellowdog, morphix, lindows.

  2. #12
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Ca
    Posts
    305
    Regarding STUX Live CD:

    Downloaded at 88KB/s in 2 hours.

    Burned to CD in 6min approx.

    First install very bad display...extremely small task bar. Rebooted.

    STUX loads auto after 30 secs. Many attempts to load failed if I used ENTER to reduce the load time.

    When STUX is left to load auto, display size is normal. Click on STUX in apps list to display STUX window where the internet can be established with dhcp or fixed IP.

    Display gui is kde and multimedia includes xmms, kaboodle and xine. Five or six editors provided.

    Background is black. STUX logo appears in right center but toward the bottom.

    I experienced variable loading performance with STUX...some attempts "hung". This may be due to
    my media CD (GQ). I can try a different brand later on.

    There are no cheatcodes for this install...boot prompt is skipped.

    On my athlon 1900+ the loading took 2mins to desktop KDE.

    STUX provides a mixer select at initial desktop and recognized my SIIG USBSoundwave external audio device which performed well.

    Many icons are provided in the taskbar automatically.

    Access to disc drives is enabled in KDE as usual.

    Should a new burn on better media stabilize the loading of STUX, I feel it is a snappy distro and worthy of an inspect.

    I have arch linux, knoppix LiveCD, Knoppix LiveDVD, Helix LiveCD, PCLinuxOSLiveCD,SFS-KNOPPIX LiveCD(20MB) and now STUX.

    This post describes my experiment with the STUX Live CD.

  3. #13
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Ca
    Posts
    305
    More info on STUX.....

    I still have problems in loading stux...performance on boot varies very much.

    When I do get up and running I found the following:

    I can play a .wav file in XMMS or kaboodle or noatun while listening to it on USB audio device say with headphones or an amp with speakers.

    At the same time, I can run a video file through XINE and listen to its sound on the normal speakers channel, cmipci.

    Thus, there are two separate audio channels available. The PCI channel is alsa mixed.

    I am unaware of controls for the USB channel. Perhaps there are experts out there who have the answer!!!! What mixer is available other than alsa?

  4. #14
    Junior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    Posts
    28

    My live cd review

    If your have trouble with Stux you can visit there forum and post there for answers. I have ran Stux on 6 different PC's and my laptop with no problems. I currently have it installed on one of the PC's. Here is a partial list of Live CD's I have reviewed. This is a very rough review.

    liveCD Review

    To set video drivers
    knoppix xmodule=nvidia,i810,ati
    nvidia doesn't work on knoppix only
    morphix

    Suse-9.2
    ok for internet
    very slow boot
    Network ok
    Very few games
    Konqueror
    KDE
    Kaffiene , NO DVD, KDEtv
    JRE only
    No wine

    Lindows-
    very slow boot
    Samba ok
    very good samba
    mplayer
    KDE

    Knoppix 3.6
    best overall, except for trouble
    saving and modifing files
    for samba uses konqueror
    Samba, OK
    Development tools
    xine nav errors
    java hotspot, jre, gcj-3.3
    no kbounce
    wine
    both i810drivers and ati drivers
    work
    chromimum works
    Open office 1.1 sun version

    Slax 4.1.4
    Also very good
    fast boot
    type gui for Xwindow =KDE
    Konqueror Web Browser
    Samba use Konqueror type
    Kbounce is fun game
    no java, no dvd player

    Pollix
    Features Java programming
    development
    Internet ok mozilla
    Samba OK
    requires work
    USB have to mount
    XFce xWindow has better features
    use xfsamba by using xftree
    >tools>browse smb network
    Scite
    no DVD player
    no wine
    only a couple of games

    Mepis
    KDE
    mozilla
    kate,zile,kwrite ,xedit
    xine not working
    jre only
    no wine

    Mandrake Move
    enter information on boot
    Samba, Not much
    Harddrive ok
    very fast on new cal-lab computer
    Tuxracer,frozen bubble,
    totem player
    KDE Desktop
    I think it loads to ram by itself
    no java
    no wine

    PCLinuxOS = blah
    Boottime seems extremely long
    KDE 3.2.3
    looks like Knoppix and Mandrake
    USB ok, but slow mounted at
    Lin Neighborhood ok
    FireFox .8
    lots of games and such
    Konquerer crashes a lot
    Kbounce
    Kate, kwrite, Quanta plus
    Some education programs and
    finances programs
    Xine, mplayer, kmplayer, tvtime,
    Kaffeine
    Mplayer worked had to change
    input device to cdrom
    Xine didn't work
    No wine
    Jre only

    Morphix
    KDE
    No java
    Wine
    Konqueror and Mozilla
    Kbounce and tuxracer
    No DVD
    Kate, kwrite, nano
    had to take extra steps to get firefly
    going.

    Morphix(Gamer)
    IceWm (Windows manager)
    Firebird browser 0.6.1
    doom
    broom(doom)
    Enemy Territory
    i810drivers not working
    neither are ati drivers
    Nano editor
    To ram didn't work,not enough memory
    no wine

    AquaMorphix
    Xfce xWindow
    Java Development sdk
    turn volume on line down
    xine and gxine drives not mounted
    Anjuta IDE works
    floppy not mnting
    no wine

    Happy Puppy
    Simple micro distribution
    add to configure network to make it
    work
    firefox, dillo
    beaver editor
    no wine
    no java
    ogle DVD player, works

    Ubuntu
    Morphix based
    Gnome desktop
    firefox
    good samba
    lacking in the USB department
    totem dvd crashed
    no good editor
    no java
    no wine

    MiniKazit
    xfce desktop
    good volume control
    mozilla firefox 9.1
    zile, katoob
    dosbox
    no wine
    no java

    Al mug
    no boot

    Linux Area Security
    fluxbox desktop
    Nedit, nVi, zile
    firefox
    no java ,no dvd
    no wine

    BCCD Live cd
    have to configure stuff
    root letmein
    startx
    emacs, pico, nano, nedit
    no wine
    Firebird
    no java
    Firebird

    Freebsd
    crashed

    Beernix
    Firebird
    fluxbox desktop
    mplayer no sound
    java support no swing probably
    Vim, joe, nedit
    No wine

    Operator linux
    cool desktop KDE (wallpaper)
    kate, kwrite
    firefox
    xsmb browser
    no dvd
    jre only
    no volume control
    wine

    Stux (the King of Live CD's)
    boot= stux xauto
    java sdk
    Xine dvd player, Works
    click dvd on start panel and
    choose device
    problems with floppy drive, have
    to add to
    fstab ( /dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 ) also
    create
    directory in mnt fd0.
    USB have to add to fstab and mnt
    directory
    videolan
    kedit,kwrite,kate,Vi, xedit,gedit
    has an external menu for
    something(adding modules)
    adding modules works
    Kbounce
    mozilla, no tab pops up
    slackware based
    math formula editor
    no wine
    ati drivers loaded
    Open office Ximian Edition

    Freeduc
    XFce desktop
    calvin and penquin
    math and science programs
    electonics and technical drawing
    geography
    Mplayer have to change setting to
    /dev/cdrom have to mute line in
    using Mixing table
    Mozilla 1.4
    Scite
    no java
    a lot of math apps, grapher
    xfsamba works like a champ
    no wine

    Gentoo
    Didn't like this one.

    Gobolinux
    no boot

    Archlinux
    no boot
    tries to install

    Xfld
    xfce desktop
    Xine nav error
    Kwrite, kate, Vi improved, gedit
    Kbounce
    Konqeuror and mozilla
    Wine
    Qcad
    JRE only

    Debian np
    Firebird
    gnome desktop
    morphix based
    xine crashed
    no java
    office orientation
    wine

    Star linux
    mandrake based
    kde desktop
    firefox
    no java
    not much of anything
    no wine

    Zerahstar
    Didn't like this one

    Userlinux
    gnome
    morphix based
    cd and dvd perferences totem dvd
    didn't work
    no java
    mozilla
    bluefish,nano,
    wine, not able to find config

    Firelinux
    forensics
    has jre and sdk
    didn't mount drives
    not much other than forensics
    wine
    mozilla
    pico-nano

    Yoper cd2
    tries to install

    Vigyaan
    knoppix based
    bio-chemical
    kmixer not working , use aumix
    java ok,use kate editor
    no swing
    firefox .8
    no wine
    emacs, kate, kwrite
    no kbounce
    no dvd

    Gnoppix
    no boot

    Gnustep
    morphix based
    emacs, joe, mano,
    emulators dosbox
    dillo
    xawtv
    no wine
    no java

    Cool linux
    mplayer works but sound is
    borked
    xine works, VNC
    WMice desktop
    3 boot prompts to configure
    opera, mozilla
    no web
    has a lot of video editing and TV
    apps
    Qcad
    Tuxracer, Tetris, billiards SPEED IS
    GOOD ON TUX!! Oops crashed
    Emacs,
    Java = Just in time
    VMware
    Choose knerl on boot
    Cinelerra video editor
    DVD ripper
    no wine

    Basilisk
    linux4all
    RedHat based
    normal boot very long boot time
    user=english password =livecd
    kde desktop
    konqueror
    mozilla
    network not runnin, have to
    configure it
    mplayer
    line in not making noise
    no java
    NO wine

    Berrylinux
    tiawan
    firefox
    mplayer couldn't load
    mozilla
    xine, mplayer
    no java
    no wine

    Dynebolic
    mplayer command line sucks
    no java
    fast boot
    xawtv, VNC
    cinelerra and more video editing
    ted, Vim, bluefish
    firebird
    xfsamba
    no java
    no wine

    Kanotix 9
    firefox
    scite,jed, kwrite , kate
    floppy works
    no java
    xine crashed
    Knoppix/Debian
    wine
    Samba good
    Only two games
    K3b cd burning

    Kanotix 7/04
    jre only
    video lan client
    xine error reading dvd
    wine

    Edumorphix
    firebird
    no web
    gnome desktop
    xine crashed
    no java
    algebra, astronomy, Chemistry,
    computer,electronics,
    geography, Geometry, graphs,
    has some games, no kbounce
    emacs,gedit,xedit
    wine


    Kinneret
    Arabic
    choose bottom radio button for
    english
    click next igree next automatic
    long boot time
    kde desktop
    firefox
    kate
    Kbounce
    Kplayer
    No wine
    No java


    Eduknoppix
    Italian
    emac and kate
    kde desktop
    mozilla
    xine crashed nav errors
    java jre only
    USB excellent
    Chromium, Kbounce
    Lots of math and science programs
    wine

    Elearnix
    gnome desktop
    firefox
    gxine worked had to change
    preferences
    to cdrom
    Mplayer
    jre only
    Frozen bubble and Breakout
    No wine

    jollix
    german
    kde
    java ok
    xine crashed mplayer
    KDE
    USB excellent

    Virtual linux
    mandrake based
    KDE desktop
    mozilla
    Java Kjc just-in-time, transvirtual
    Technology
    Chromium,
    Xawtv, no DVD
    Kate, emacs
    No wine

    Quantian, scientific
    Cluster Knoppix based
    jed, kate, emacs, kwrite
    KDE
    no mozilla , java, or dvd player
    USB excellent
    Konqueror
    A few science programs
    AleTV
    K3b cd burning
    No wine

    Cluster knoppix
    KDE desktop
    joe, kate, kwrite
    mozilla
    xine, nav packet error
    jre and gcj , need path to
    language
    KDE desktop
    joe, kate, kwrite
    mozilla
    x cd roast
    xine crashed
    java ok
    wine
    chromimum, kbounce
    xawtv

    Snarl crashed

    sputnik
    weird
    use alt-f2 to get a console
    login as root no password
    type runx ( didn't work)

    Mulinux
    Not much
    Long boot process
    Requires configuration

    Gpul (Basado en Knoppix)
    Spanish
    USB excellent
    Kate, kwrite,Joe, vim
    Mozilla, Konqueror
    KDE
    x-cd-roast
    only a couple games, no kbounce
    No DVD, no TV
    Jre and SDK
    No wine

    Feather linux
    Several config prompts
    Scite, ted,zile, emacs
    Dillo Web browser is ok
    DVD Mplayer works!!
    Xfce desktop
    No java, option to install jre
    No wine

    Knoppix MIB
    Spanish
    KDE
    Konqueror, mozilla
    Samba no,
    USB configure
    Lots of games Kbounce
    chromimum
    Xine, Videolan client
    Wine
    JRE and gcj might not have swing

    Knoppix Sleuth
    KDE
    Kate, kwrite ,zile and more
    Chromium and kbounce and
    others
    Konqueror, mozilla
    Samba had to enter user name
    and password
    Xine, VideoLan , xawtv
    K3b cd burning
    Jre and Blackdown sdk
    USB ok
    Wine

    Bristol
    Has trom installed, for making
    morphix deveriatives
    Kwrite,kate, nano
    Samba ok
    Has video editing suite
    Cinelerrra
    No dvd
    Jre only
    KDE and other windows managers
    No wine

    Slavix
    Firefox
    Kbounce
    Xine didn't work
    Quick launch bar hides
    Jre only

    Linux Bitdefender
    KDE
    Knoppix based
    No wine
    Jre only
    Konqueror, mozilla
    Xine
    K3b
    Kate, kwrite
    No kbounce very few games

    OLG linux
    Opengroupware linux
    KDE
    German
    No wine
    Java-blackdown jre no sdk
    No DVD
    Mozilla
    Galaga, no kbounce

    Adios
    12qwaszx
    KDE 3.1
    Kate, kwrite, emacs
    Scientific calculator
    Kbounce,
    Firefox .8
    No java
    No DVD
    No wine

    Damn Small Linux
    Dillo
    Scite, nano,
    VNC viewer
    TuxNES games
    No java
    No wine
    No dvd

    Knoppix for Kids
    KDE
    Java - blackdown JRE only
    No wine
    Kate, kwrite
    A lot or games
    Xine, xawtv
    Konqeuror, mozilla

    Movix
    Mplayer
    Needs work

    Lonix
    Spanish
    Login: root password: lonix
    No Xwindows

    KnoppMyth
    JRE only
    Myth did not work

    My Morphix with Q3A Demo
    KDE
    Kwrite, kate, Nano
    Kbounce, tuxracer
    Wine
    To get to q3ademo
    /usr/local/games
    No java
    No DVD
    i810drivers didn't work on IBM
    no sound on IBM

    Phlak
    Xfce desktop
    Morphix based
    Wine
    Dillo
    Mplayer works!!
    No java
    Can't find mixer to mute line in
    Gedit,nano
    Firebird

    Luit
    Used to ram
    Dillo
    Xfce desktop
    Gnotepad, zile, nVi
    x-mines, x-pacman
    no dvd
    no wine
    no java

    Julex
    Knoppix based
    Small
    Scite
    Firefox
    Alsa mixer broken
    Samba broken

    Sam
    Gnome desktop

    Pol and ong's
    Knoppix based 3.4
    tons of games
    KDE desktop
    remastered Parallel Knoppix
    i810 drivers work on IBM
    ati drivers work
    nvidia does not work
    nv lacks acceleratoration
    couldn't login to web site because
    not accepting cookies
    no wine

    Demo linux

    Byzantine
    weird
    mozilla desktop

  5. #15
    Junior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Posts
    11
    A bit more descriptions of apps I use for DamnSmallLinux version 0.8.4:

    bundled in the 50meg iso;
    Xpdf: PDF viewer
    Pathetic Writer: word processor
    Siag: Spreadsheet (reads xls)
    xmms: media player mp3,mpg
    xZGV: graphic viewer
    VNCviewer
    axFTP: FTP client
    cdburn: cd burner
    rdesktop: windows NT terminal server
    naim:aim,icq,irc client
    sylpheed: email client
    xpaint: graphic editing
    ssh server and client
    dhcp client
    monkey web server
    dillo: minimalist graphical web brower


    A few hundred megs of extensions (loadable apps); these are the ones I use often:
    samba client: mounts network fileservers
    firefox: full featured web browser
    centrino wireless lan: hacked
    xine: dvd viewer
    + supplimentary codecs... allows me to view everything and anything I want to view
    mplayer
    bittorrent
    lotsa games: notable once doom, doom2, xmahjong
    xchat
    OPENOFFICE: office suites
    java
    flash
    php
    python
    xmame: games emulator
    xsnes: super nintendo entertaiment system emulator
    airsnort: you dont want to know
    synaptic
    gimp: graphic manipulation
    audicity: audio editor
    vnc server
    ymess: yahoo messenger
    amsn: msn messenger
    qcad
    gcc: if you have to ask, dont
    opera
    no wine .... yet
    nmap: security scanner
    nessus: network security

  6. #16
    stoo
    Guest
    Business-card sized live CD - DAMN SMALL LINUX - is the No. 1!

  7. #17
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Ca
    Posts
    305
    Re: STUX.

    Booting this Live CD on my computer gives widely varying failures.

    I even lose my archlinux display resolution after trying STUX.

    After ten or more trys, it finally does reach KDE.

    Often, cloop errors during boot tries.

    I suspect I will have to wait for an upgraded version with my AGP card Radeon8500LE.

    The STUX CD caused the display to shut down upon reaching desktop install...several times.

    The boot ends up in command line with no X or KDE on many tries.

    I guess its not ready for prime time!

  8. #18
    Junior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    Posts
    28

    Stux and Radeon

    You are probably already doing so, but just in case you miss this boot cheat. Type stux xauto at boot time. I have a Ati all-in-wonder 9800 pro on one of my systems and X-window will not work if I try to use the Radeon module with Stux. I use stux xauto at boot and let Stux pick out the video driver module.

  9. #19
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Ca
    Posts
    305
    Bodhi;

    Thanks for the info.

    I don't have the opportunity to insert the boot cheat codes because the boot-up skips past it in milliseconds and holds the STUX display for 30 seconds before continuing with the boot sequence.

    The program followed suggests that the time provided for boot cheat code entries is not programmed correctly.

    I have much difficulty with using STUX.

    As I understand the system, it reads my HDD to determine the parameters it should load. Therein lies some areas wherein the later kernels rearrange data storage and its formatting and these may affect the STUX boot-up.

    I am as I said, not able to use boot cheat codes. I would enjoy having ..toram... in STUX if I could get it to load correctly every time.

    I don't have a clue as to how many cheat codes are available from the Knoppix list in STUX.

    I do appreciate the dual audio capability...USB and PCI and would love to get all setup in ...toram...mode. I have 3GB of ram.

    Can't enter ..toram... to find out!!!!

  10. #20
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Wisconsin, USA
    Posts
    536
    Which ones have thier own installer program that you can run to install to hd if you want? I know knoppix and kanotix do.

Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 1234 ... LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. SB Live no sound with 4.0.2 live CD; SMP kernel's fault?
    By fwheeler_1 in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 11-13-2005, 05:58 PM
  2. Whats the difference between a Live CD and a live DVD?
    By bokaroseani in forum Hardware & Booting
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 10-20-2005, 09:35 PM
  3. Live-CD
    By som in forum Other Live CDs
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 01-06-2005, 12:20 PM
  4. looking for a live cd
    By elcuco in forum Customising & Remastering
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 05-04-2004, 01:42 PM
  5. live cd
    By mak468 in forum General Support
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 04-09-2004, 08:26 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Dell PowerEdge M610 Blade Server E5620@2.2GHZ (6x)8GB RAM (2x)146GB 15K SAS HDD picture

Dell PowerEdge M610 Blade Server E5620@2.2GHZ (6x)8GB RAM (2x)146GB 15K SAS HDD

$75.00



DELL PowerEdge R730 Server 2x E5-2690v3 2.6GHz =24 Cores 32GB H730 4xRJ45 picture

DELL PowerEdge R730 Server 2x E5-2690v3 2.6GHz =24 Cores 32GB H730 4xRJ45

$275.00



Dell PowerEdge R720XD Xeon E5-2680 V2 2.8GHz 20 Cores 256GB RAM 12x4TB picture

Dell PowerEdge R720XD Xeon E5-2680 V2 2.8GHz 20 Cores 256GB RAM 12x4TB

$510.00



Dell PowerEdge R720 Server - 2x8c CPU,256Gb RAM, 128Gb SSD/3x600Gb SAS, Proxmox picture

Dell PowerEdge R720 Server - 2x8c CPU,256Gb RAM, 128Gb SSD/3x600Gb SAS, Proxmox

$340.00



Dell PowerEdge R620 Server 2x Xeon  E5-2620 @ 2.0GHz 64GB RAM NO HDDs picture

Dell PowerEdge R620 Server 2x Xeon E5-2620 @ 2.0GHz 64GB RAM NO HDDs

$108.96



Dell PowerEdge R730XD 28 Core Server 2X Xeon E5-2680 V4 H730 128GB RAM No HDD picture

Dell PowerEdge R730XD 28 Core Server 2X Xeon E5-2680 V4 H730 128GB RAM No HDD

$389.99



Dell PowerEdge R730, 2 sinks, SystemBoard, 8 trays,H330,Idrac 8 exp, 2x750w Psu picture

Dell PowerEdge R730, 2 sinks, SystemBoard, 8 trays,H330,Idrac 8 exp, 2x750w Psu

$135.00



Dell R730xd 26 Port SFF 2x E5-2690v4 28-Cores H730 128GB Server 2x SFP 2x RJ-45 picture

Dell R730xd 26 Port SFF 2x E5-2690v4 28-Cores H730 128GB Server 2x SFP 2x RJ-45

$390.00



Dell PowerEdge R430 3.5 1U 2x E5-2666 v3 2.9ghz 20-Cores 128gb 4x Trays 2x 550w picture

Dell PowerEdge R430 3.5 1U 2x E5-2666 v3 2.9ghz 20-Cores 128gb 4x Trays 2x 550w

$289.99



DELL PowerEdge R630 8SFF Server 2x E5-2690v4 2.6GHz =28 Cores 128GB H730 4xRJ45 picture

DELL PowerEdge R630 8SFF Server 2x E5-2690v4 2.6GHz =28 Cores 128GB H730 4xRJ45

$444.00