Pollix is a Live CD with many programming tools (for Java, Python, Perl and Tcl/Tk). Based on Knoppix, Pollix boots from the CD and detects hardware automatically - there is no need for installation.

website: http://moe.tnc.edu.tw/~kendrew/pollix/

change log:

*** 2004-02-24
Updated: Build on Knoppix V3.4 C't edition (with kernal 2.6.1)
Updated: Debian packages unstable 2004-02-24
Updated: Netbeans dev-20040222, Eclipse 3.0M7, Ant 1.6.1
Updated: Tomcat 5.0.19, JSwat 2.21, JGrasp 1.70a27
Changed: Use default GTK(2) theme
Added: SQuirreL SQL Client 1.2beta4
Added: guile-1.6, lua50, yabasic, chicken, swig doc and examples
Added: libmysql-java, dbishell, several Perl modules
Added: pythoncard, python-scientific, gadfly, several Python doc packages
Added: bittorrent, frozen-bubble, babygimp
Removed: kernel 2.4.23, xine, squid, xchat
Workaround: cp config files in script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession
Workaround: modprobe loop & serial_cs in script /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig

*** 2004-02-06
Updated: Debian packages unstable 2004-02-06
Updated: Netbeans dev-20040202, Eclipse I20040203, Jikes 1.19
Changed: Default icewm theme IceBlueCurve
Added: fte-terminal
Removed: wmaker, nedit, xtel, Adobe Acrobat Reader
Fixed: md5sum error due to isolinux.bin changed on iso creation
Fixed: boa/spe cannot start due to permission of config files

*** 2004-01-28
Updated: Debian packages unstable 2004-01-28 - mozilla 1.6, xpdf 3.00, etc
Updated: Netbeans dev-20040127, Eclipse I20040127
Updated: Tomcat 5.0.18, JSwat 2.20
Updated: Fluxbox 0.9.8
Changed: Move customizations from xsession & 45xsession to /KNOPPIX/knoppix.sh
Changed: Use isolinux instead of syslinux
Added: cdtool
Removed: rar, foomatic, cupsys, gd, some games, gnome stuff
Fixed: Script tomcat so that class files can be added to SOAP at run time

*** 2004-01-05
Updated: Build on Knoppix V3.3 2003-11-19
Updated: Debian packages unstable 2004-01-05
Updated: Ant 1.6.0, Tomcat 5.0.16
Updated: BlueJ 1.3.5, JGrasp 1.6.4, JSwat 2.19
Updated: Sun J2SE SDK 1.4.2_03, JBoss 3.2.3
Updated: Netbeans dev-20040104, Eclipse 3.0 M6
Added: SOAP 2.3.1, HSqlDB 1.7.1
Added: Stani's Python Editor 0.4.2c
Added: Plucker 1.6.1, pdftohtml 0.36
Added: gij, kaffe, blender, perl-doc, python-doc
Added: loadlin in /boot directory of the cdrom
Fixed: script chinese cannot start XCIN
Removed: Some Chinese fonts

*** 2003-11-06 (w.r.t. Knoppix V3.3 2003-09-24):
Removed: Gnome, KDE, Emacs, TeTex
Removed: Most games, ISDN tools, XFree 3.3.6 servers
Changed: Default to icewm
Updated: Debian unstable 2003-11-06
Updated: Openoffice 1.1.0
Added: Sun J2SE SDK 1.4.2_02
Added: Jikes 1.18
Added: Ant 1.5.4
Added: Netbeans 3.5.1
Added: Eclipse 3.0 M4
Added: BlueJ 1.3.0
Added: JBoss 3.2.2
Added: Tomcat 5.0.14
Added: JCavaj 1.0
Added: JSwat 2.17
Added: JGrasp 1.6.2
Added: JUnit 3.8.1
Added: Boa-constructor 0.23
Added: Python Idle
Added: Visual Tcl 1.6
Added: Swig 1.3.19
Added: Some Python and Perl libraries
Added: Xcin and some Chinese fonts