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You want a good end-user live CD? Go with Knoppix. You want an admin's toolbox with minimal fluff and maximum usability? Go with grml, a Debian-based live CD/USB that packs in more than 1,700 applications and utilities. If you've only used standard Linux distros, you're going to be in for a treat with grml — and also a few surprises. Most distros default to Bash as a shell, but grml uses zsh. (One of the grml taglines is "Linux for zsh lovers," so they really must dig zsh.) Be aware that you won't get a standard desktop experience. By default grml will start at the command line with a menu of options, including starting X.
No glowing Finnix-100 reviews yet, as Brockmeier does for grml in this LinuxPlanet piece, but Finnix remains an extremely stable "admin's toolbox with minimal fluff and maximum usability", even in its 100-version.
As a 125MB squashfs iso download for x86 / AMD64 systems, Finnix-100 is much lighter than both the standard grml and grml-medium, while still managing to pack an impressive punch as an immensely useful text-based liveCD.
I use SysRescueCD, it's Gentoo-based and never let me down.
Something Debian-based might be handy as an alternative though, so thanks for the tip!
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Website is at http://www.finnix.org/ and Finnie's release notice is at http://blog.finnix.org/2010/10/28/finnix-100-released/
No glowing Finnix-100 reviews yet, as Brockmeier does for grml in this LinuxPlanet piece, but Finnix remains an extremely stable "admin's toolbox with minimal fluff and maximum usability", even in its 100-version.
As a 125MB squashfs iso download for x86 / AMD64 systems, Finnix-100 is much lighter than both the standard grml and grml-medium, while still managing to pack an impressive punch as an immensely useful text-based liveCD.