Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should. In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for ...

We all know about the possibilities for installing Linux on a hard drive. Sometimes, however, this option isn't good enough. Say, for example, you simply want to give someone a Linux CD that he can ...

Windows only: Free application uSbuntu Live Creator installs a Live CD from an ISO image onto your USB flash drive—much more useful, portable, and easy to deal with than carrying around a CD. Once you ...

i'm looking for bootable cd that boots linux and has benchmarking utilities on it as well as some utilities for a burn test. looking for tests in cpu and disk i/o. i would make one myself but i don't ...

Zeebra Linux recently announced the availability of the Zeebra Linux CD--a version of Linux that runs from CD, without requiring a hard disk installation. The CD ...

Live discs are read-only, which means they’re quite secure, since malware can’t make any changes to the core system. If you do get an infection, it disappears as soon as you reboot. Here are five ways ...

Additionally, I spoke about a terrific (and tiny) bootable CD image that lets you reset the administrator password on Windows computers. The magic under the hood was Linux; the CD boots a tiny Linux ...

Yet, I booted from a Linux Live CD and by using a modern operating system on the old hardware – without having to actually install anything on the computer – I could copy files effortlessly to a USB ...

Look into syslinux/isolinux. They allow you to stick Linux kernels on a CD or floppy and boot from them. Despite the names, syslinux is probably the variant that'll serve you best, I think. Either ...

Australian company Cybersource says it's currently talking to two domestic banks about providing Linux-based bootable CDs to consumers to ensure Internet banking security. The company yesterday ...