The best Live CD

[Scot L. Harris]

On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 10:56, Andrew Konosky wrote:
> regatta wrote:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >I am sorry to send this question to fedora list but I have a small
> >question I hope if someone can answer me.
> >
> >I want to know what is the best (small) live CD for Linux
> >Administrator that include all the administrator needs (Network,
> >Hardware check tools....etc)
> >
> >I hope it be less than 200 M so I can keep it in my pocket :)
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> Actually, he's talking about DSL Linux. DSL is based on Knoppix, but is 
> a smaller (50mb) distribution for slower computers. Knoppix is the 
> 'unoffical' LiveCD of Debian linux, and it is a full CD which uses KDE. 
> Then there is the SuSE 9.1 LiveCD.

> 
> The Knoppix live CD comes with both Konqueror and Mozilla, which is what 
> I use mostly. They both use KDE, which was a change for me since Gnome 
> is default for RedHat and Fedora. It has about the same selection of 

> DSL (Damn Small Linux) can do most of the stuff the other two can, but 
> it is a stripped down version. It runs Fluxbox window manager and 

> http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/ftp/live_eval_int.html
> http://www.knoppix.org/
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Another one you may want to check out is the System Rescue CD.  I have
found it very useful as it lets you boot into a number of tools besides
a version of Linux including memory tests and a couple of other things. 
I found it when I was checking out partimage which is also on this CD.

http://www.sysresccd.org/

-- 
Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com>