The power of Linux - live bootable CD's
The power of Linux - live bootable CD's
Check this out :-
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livec ... &showonly=
It's a listing of 100 live bootable Linux CD ISO's, ranging from 5meg up to 700meg.
For instance, there's a live distribution called geexbox that is 5meg in size and it's sole purpose is for playing movie files !
Cool and geeky eh ?
Gotta love the flexibility of this OS.
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livec ... &showonly=
It's a listing of 100 live bootable Linux CD ISO's, ranging from 5meg up to 700meg.
For instance, there's a live distribution called geexbox that is 5meg in size and it's sole purpose is for playing movie files !
Cool and geeky eh ?
Gotta love the flexibility of this OS.
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Brillian.
Just to add to the brilliance we are running a SuSE 8.2 box with VMWare in our test center for debugging purposes and the sorts. I managed to load 3 other OS's before it even started to feel the effects of it all. Our Win2003 box barely handels 1 vertual instace by the second one it just crashes. Also the hardware in the boxes are exactly the same. Hell they even got the same CMOS configration.
Just to add to the brilliance we are running a SuSE 8.2 box with VMWare in our test center for debugging purposes and the sorts. I managed to load 3 other OS's before it even started to feel the effects of it all. Our Win2003 box barely handels 1 vertual instace by the second one it just crashes. Also the hardware in the boxes are exactly the same. Hell they even got the same CMOS configration.
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but whybondi wrote:You know how, when, whenever we're in a Intel-centred thread, and I come in and talk a bit of Apple/PowerPC into it, and then you come in and talk a bit of Linux/x86's into it?No - I mean the power of Linux.
I didn't mention Mac at all.
Well, get used to it.
Fool people into thinking youve got a horse by taking off a unicorns horn
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Sorry bondi but I have to disagree with you, as far as I know the bootable Mac OS CD's aren't a fully working system. They are more for troubleshooting and so on. I could be wrong be really be putting my foot where it doesn't belong.
If I am wrong then sorry
I've tried MandrakeMove and it's brilliant. I did have a few problems running it on some systems but all in all I was very impressed.
An extract from the site
"MandrakeMove lets you bring your Mandrake Linux system wherever you go, all on a single disc, so that you can connect to the Internet, create & edit Office documents, listen to music, watch movies, and just about anything you can imagine from wherever you happen to be!"
If I am wrong then sorry
I've tried MandrakeMove and it's brilliant. I did have a few problems running it on some systems but all in all I was very impressed.
An extract from the site
"MandrakeMove lets you bring your Mandrake Linux system wherever you go, all on a single disc, so that you can connect to the Internet, create & edit Office documents, listen to music, watch movies, and just about anything you can imagine from wherever you happen to be!"
I haven't tried Mandrake Move yet - I'll give it a try for the upcoming ver. 10 of Mandrake.
Live CD's can also very useful for rescuing data of a Hard Drive.
Mandrake Move could be a nice edition for a future PC Format SE, perhaps when ver. 10 is released with kernel 2.6 ?
That reminds me, I still need to try Geexbox to see how it works for playing movies !
Live CD's can also very useful for rescuing data of a Hard Drive.
Mandrake Move could be a nice edition for a future PC Format SE, perhaps when ver. 10 is released with kernel 2.6 ?
That reminds me, I still need to try Geexbox to see how it works for playing movies !
Oh yeah, not really related to Linux, but there's a bootable winXP / win2003 rescue CD creator with a GUI environment :-
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
I gave it a try and it could be useful, altho I found it was missing a file manager - you can add plugins for Adaware, CD Burning, Anti-Virus, text editor, image editor etc.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
I gave it a try and it could be useful, altho I found it was missing a file manager - you can add plugins for Adaware, CD Burning, Anti-Virus, text editor, image editor etc.
Sure - that's a problem with many live CD's - the speed leaves a lot to be desired.
However, if the "footprint" of the live CD OS can fit into available ram, it's a viable option for things like point of sale, presentations etc.
I was considering the Movix linux distribution for a client of mine for a motor show they were at - I created a video file from various sources and wanted to boot it natively - i.e. a no brainer if a non-techie had a problem. Insert CD, power on and the movie plays.
Unfortunately, it didn't function on the hardware I was running it on - but it's a viable concept.
However, if the "footprint" of the live CD OS can fit into available ram, it's a viable option for things like point of sale, presentations etc.
I was considering the Movix linux distribution for a client of mine for a motor show they were at - I created a video file from various sources and wanted to boot it natively - i.e. a no brainer if a non-techie had a problem. Insert CD, power on and the movie plays.
Unfortunately, it didn't function on the hardware I was running it on - but it's a viable concept.
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Just tried geexbox - put a quick bit of info in the software section :-
http://www.entertainment3.co.za/modules ... pic&t=3309
http://www.entertainment3.co.za/modules ... pic&t=3309