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A live CD or live DVD is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive. This is a list of live CDs and live DVDs based on Linux distributions.
Comparison
| Distro | Size | RAM Use | Boots from CD-ROM |
Boots from DVD | Desktop environment | License | Target audience/purpose | Based on | Working state | Installable Live CD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALT Linux Desktop or Lite | <700MB | Yes | Yes | KDE or Xfce | GPL and other licenses | Desktop (and rescue) | ALT Linux | Current | No | |
| Arudius | <700 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | Security (Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis) | Slackware | Current | ||
| Archie | Yes | Yes | Xfce | Various | Desktop | Arch Linux | Current | |||
| Ark Linux | <700MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL and other licenses | Desktop (and rescue) | Current | |||
| Austrumi | 50 MB | Yes | Yes | Metacity | Various | General; system rescue | Slackware | Current | ||
| BackTrack | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE, Fluxbox | Various | Security (Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis) | WHAX, Auditor Security Collection | Current | ||
| Big Linux | ~700 MB | Yes | No | KDE, TDE | Various | Full-featured desktop | (K)Ubuntu | Current | ||
| CentOS | ≈700 MB | Yes | Gnome | GPL | Redhat | Current | Yes | |||
| Damn Small Linux |
50 MB | 8 to 16 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox, JWM | Various | General | Debian | Current | Yes |
| De-ICE.net Live CD | <400 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL and other licenses | Security (Penetration test training targets) | SLAX | No longer updated | ||
| Debian Live | 50 MB to 5 GB | Yes | Yes | Various | GPL and other licenses | General | Debian | Current | Yes | |
| Dreamlinux | 700 MB | Yes | Yes | Xfce | GPL and other licenses | General | Debian | Current | ||
| dyne:bolic | ≈650 MB | Yes | Yes | Xfce | Various | Multimedia (audio/video) | Current | |||
| Elive | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | Enlightenment | GPL and other licenses | Multimedia, Desktop, General purpose | Debian | Current | ||
| Feather Linux | <128 MB | 48 to 96 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | General | Debian | Current | |
| Fedora Live CD |
683 MB | 256 to 1024 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME, KDE | Various | General | Fedora (Linux distribution) | Current | Yes |
| Feraga | 256 MB | No | No | Any | Various | USB Flash install, Private Workstation, General, System Rescue | Debian | Current | ||
| Finnix | 100~130 MB | 28~64 MB | Yes | Yes | None | Various | System rescue, general | Debian | Current | No |
| Freespire | <700 MB | 128~768 MB | Yes | No | KDE | Various | General | Ubuntu | Current | Yes |
| grml | 700 MB and ~58 MB | Yes | Yes | Various (Fluxbox, Wmii, fvwm-crystal,...) | GPL and other licenses | General, Sysadmin, Texttools, System Rescue, USB install | Debian | Current | ||
| iloog | ~700MB | Yes | No | Fluxbox | Various | Scientific | Gentoo | Current | ||
| Inquisitor | ~210MB | ~96MB | Yes | Yes | None | GPL3 and other licenses | Hardware diagnostics, stress testing and benchmarking | ALT | Current | Yes |
| Kanotix | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General | Debian | Current | ||
| Kcpentrix | ~1 GB | No | Yes | KDE | Various | Security (Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis) | Slax 5 | Current | ||
| Knoppix CD edition |
700 MB | 128~320 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | Current | |
| Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition |
4.7 GB | No | Yes | KDE | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | Current | ||
| Knoppix STD | 497 MB | Yes | Yes | Various | Various | Security (Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis) | Knoppix | No longer updated | ||
| Gnoppix | 4.7 GB | No | Yes | GNOME | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | No longer updated | ||
| gOS | ~700 MB | Yes | Enlightenment | GPL and other licenses | Lightweight General desktop | Ubuntu | Current | Yes | ||
| Linguas OS | <600 MB | Yes | Yes | fluxbox. | GPL and other licenses | Industry specific for translators, desktop use | PCLinuxOS | Current | ||
| Linux Mint | ~700 MB | 256~768 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME (KDE and Xfce versions are also available). | GPL and other licenses | General, desktop use | Ubuntu | Current | Yes |
| Mandriva One | ~700 MB | 128~768 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE or GNOME - depending on version used. | GPL and other licenses | General, desktop use | Mandriva | Current | Yes |
| Mandrake | ||||||||||
| MCNLive | ~350 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General; USB Flash install | Mandriva | Current | ||
| Morphix | 700 MB | Yes | Yes | various | GPL and other licenses | General | Debian | Current | ||
| Musix | ~700Mb | Yes | Yes | IceWM | GNU | musicians, dj's | Debian | Current | ||
| NimbleX | <200 MB | 96~320 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE, IceWM and Fluxbox | Various | General; System Rescue; LAN Boot; USB Install | Slackware | Current | |
| nUbuntu | ~265 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | Security (Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis) | Ubuntu | Current | ||
| openGEU | ~700 MB | 192~512 MB | Yes | Enlightenment | GPL and other licenses | Lightweight General desktop | Ubuntu | Current | Yes | |
| openSuse | ~700MB | 128~768 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME, KDE | GPL and other licenses | Desktop, General, Multimedia, Development | Current | Yes | |
| Oralux | <500 MB | Yes | Yes | Audio desktops: Emacspeak, YASR, or Speakup | Various | Blind and visually-impaired users | Debian | No longer updated | ||
| Parted Magic | 30 MB | Yes | Yes | XFCE | Various | Linux Live CD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being to partition hard drives. | Current | |||
| PCLinuxOS | between 130MB and 700 MB | 96~512 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General | Mandriva | Current | Yes |
| PCFluxboxOS | <250 MB | 64~320 MB | Yes | No | Fluxbox | Various | General | PCLinuxOS | Current | |
| Phlak | > 500 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | Security | Debian | No longer updated | ||
| Puppy Linux | 70 MB (standard edition) | 32~192 MB | Yes | Yes | JWM default, others possible | Various | Lightweight General Desktop | Current | Yes | |
| pure:dyne | 684 MB | Yes | Yes | Window Maker | Various | Multimedia (audio/video) | dyne:bolic | Current | ||
| Red Hat Linux | ||||||||||
| Sabayon Linux Live CD | ~695 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE, Fluxbox | Various | Desktop, General, System Rescue | Gentoo | Current | ||
| Sabayon Linux Live DVD | ~4400MB | No | Yes | KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox | Various | Multimedia, Desktop, General, System Rescue | Gentoo | Current | ||
| SAM Linux | 683 MB | Yes | Yes | Xfce | Various | General | PCLinuxOS | Current | ||
| Sauver | <250 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL | General, System Rescue, Recover Deleted Files | Slackware | Current | ||
| sidux | 400 / 1999 MB | 193 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE, Xfce | GPL | Desktop, General, Linux Live CD/ Live DVD, USB install | Debian | Current | Yes |
| SimplyMEPIS | 706 MB | 128~512 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various (incl. Sun java JRE) | General Desktop, system rescue, recovery | Debian | Current | Yes |
| SLAX | <200 MB | 96~320 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL | General | Slackware | Current | |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 25 MB | Yes | Yes | JWM default, also Openbox, Enlightenment | various | General | Current | Yes | ||
| SystemRescueCD | ~160 MB | Yes | Yes | CLI | GPL and other licenses | System Rescue | Gentoo | Current | Yes | |
| Trinity Rescue Kit |
~104 MB | Yes | Yes | CLI | GPL | System Rescue | Mandriva | Current | ||
| Ubuntu | ~700 MB | 384 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | GPL and other licenses | General desktop | Debian | Current | Yes |
| Edubuntu | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | GPL and other licenses | Education | Ubuntu | Current | ||
| Kubuntu | ~700 MB | 384 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL and other licenses | Full-featured desktop | Ubuntu | Current | Yes |
| Xubuntu | ~700 MB | 256 MB | Yes | Yes | Xfce | GPL and other licenses | Lightweight General desktop | Ubuntu | Current | Yes |
| Vacarm Linux | ~600 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | GPL and other licenses | Security | Ubuntu | Current | ||
| Distro | Size | RAM Use | Boots from CD-ROM |
Boots from DVD | Desktop environment | License | Target audience/purpose | Based on | Working state | Installable Live CD |
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