Comparison of Linux LiveDistros
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LiveDistro is a generic term for an operating system distribution that is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive. Typically, it is stored on bootable media such as a CD-ROM (Live CD), DVD (Live DVD), USB Flash Drive, among others. Please see the main article on LiveDistros for more details.
This page compares LiveDistros based on the GNU/Linux operating system.
| Distro | Supported architecture(s) | Size | Fits on CD-ROM | Fits on DVD | Desktop environment | License | Target audience/purpose | Based on | Working state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arudius | x86 | <210 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis | Slackware | Current |
| Archie | x86 | Yes | Yes | Xfce | Various | Desktop | Arch Linux | Current | |
| Damn Small Linux | x86, Xbox | 50 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox, JWM | Various | General | Debian | Current |
| Debian Live | x86, amd64 | 50 MB - 5 GB | Yes | Yes | Various | GPL and other licenses | General | Debian | Current |
| dyne:bolic | x86 | ~650 MB | Yes | Yes | Window Maker | Various | Multimedia (audio/video) | Current | |
| Edubuntu | x86, PowerPC | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | GPL and other licenses | Education | Debian | Current |
| Elive | x86 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | Enlightenment (window manager) | GPL and other licenses | Multimedia, Desktop, General purpose | Debian | Current |
| Feather Linux | x86 | <128 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | General | Debian | Current |
| Fedora Live CD [1] | x86 | 683 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | Various | General | Fedora Core | Current |
| Feraga | x86, amd64 | 256 MB and up | No | No | Any | Various | USB Flash install, Private Workstation, General, System Rescue | Debian | Current |
| grml | x86 | 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 |
| Knoppix CD edition | x86 | 700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | Current |
| Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition | x86 | 4.7 GB | No | Yes | KDE | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | Current |
| Gnoppix | x86 | 4.7 GB | No | Yes | GNOME | Various | General; system rescue | Debian | Current |
| Linux Mint | x86 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME (or KDE in the KDE Edition). | GPL and other licenses | General, desktop use | Ubuntu | Current |
| Mandriva One | x86 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE or GNOME - depending on version used. | GPL and other licenses | General, desktop use | Mandriva | Current |
| MCNLive | x86 | ~350 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General; USB Flash install | Mandriva | Current |
| Musix | x86 | ~700Mb | Yes | Yes | KDE | GNU | musicians, dj's | Debian | Current |
| NimbleX | x86 | <200 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE, IceWM and Fluxbox | Various | General; System Rescue; LAN Boot; USB Install | Slackware | Current |
| nUbuntu | x86 | ~265 MB | Yes | Yes | Fluxbox | Various | Penetration testing and vulnerability analysis | Debian | Current |
| Oralux | x86 | <500 MB | Yes | Yes | Audio desktops: Emacspeak, YASR, or Speakup | Various | Blind and visually-impaired users | Debian | Current |
| PCLinuxOS | x86 | between 130MB and 700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various | General | Mandriva | Current |
| Puppy Linux | x86 | 70 MB (standard edition) | Yes | Yes | JWM default, others possible | Various | General | Current | |
| pure:dyne | x86 | 684 MB | Yes | Yes | Window Maker | Various | Multimedia (audio/video) | dyne:bolic | Current |
| Sauver | x86 | <250 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL | General, System Rescue, Recover Deleted Files | Slackware | Current |
| SimplyMEPIS | x86, amd64 | 706 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | Various (incl. Sun java JRE) | General Desktop, system rescue, recovery | Debian | Current |
| Slax | x86 | <200 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL | General | Slackware | Current |
| Ubuntu | x86, PowerPC, amd64 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | GNOME | GPL and other licenses | General desktop | Debian | Current |
| Kubuntu | x86, PowerPC, amd64 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | KDE | GPL and other licenses | Full-featured desktop | Debian | Current |
| Xubuntu | x86, PowerPC, amd64 | ~700 MB | Yes | Yes | Xfce | GPL and other licenses | Lightweight General desktop | Debian | Current |
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