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The Five Best Linux Live CDs
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Although I don't agree with the article as to the choices he makes, the backup and restore choice of Clonezilla is spot on in my experience. A nice simple menu driven hard drive cloning system so I can wipe a system to properly try out a different OS (not in a VM which never truly represent the real experience) and then a simple restore. I don't have to remember the commands to do it either.
I've used Clonezilla numerous time in the above scenario and am pleased with how it handles every type of partition I've thrown at it. And done so simply.
I've used Clonezilla numerous time in the above scenario and am pleased with how it handles every type of partition I've thrown at it. And done so simply.
I'd never heard of Clonezila. I'll need to give it a try.
> Although I don't agree with the article as to the choices he makes...
All such lists are subjective, so there's no reason you should. They're the 5 he considers the best.
For example, there's no way I'd put Puppy on such a list, and I'd probably include Slax as one of the options. And TRK is one of the boot CD's I keep around for those just in case moments, so I second vainrveenr's mention of it. TC, on the other hand, swears by SystemRescueCD.
He probably considers PCLinuxOS and Mepis in the same class as Ubuntu and Mint. They're primarily designed to be installed, not run from the CD.
All such lists are subjective, so there's no reason you should. They're the 5 he considers the best.
For example, there's no way I'd put Puppy on such a list, and I'd probably include Slax as one of the options. And TRK is one of the boot CD's I keep around for those just in case moments, so I second vainrveenr's mention of it. TC, on the other hand, swears by SystemRescueCD.
He probably considers PCLinuxOS and Mepis in the same class as Ubuntu and Mint. They're primarily designed to be installed, not run from the CD.
TRK is probably a good bet for when you get in trouble. However the Clonezilla choice was for backup and recovery. I believe, for that choice, Clonezilla is a real winner if your purpose is to be able to get back to exactly where you were at time of backup and don't want to have to learn any commands to do so.
Cabreh, TRK is in the same class as SystemRescueCD, not Clonezilla. Yeah, I know that's the one vainrveenr compare it to, but...
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- How is PCLinuxOS a liveCD distro that is "just interesting to a very, very small audience" ??
As its DistroWatch summary reads it: (live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pclinuxos )
- Doesn't MEPIS "serve a specific and useful purpose" and how is MEPIS not "useful to a fairly wide audience" ??
As its DistroWatch summary reads it: (live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mepis )
Brockmeier writes concerning Clonezilla
- Is Trinity Rescue Kit not "based on Linux" and use free software ?? Why wouldn't Trinity Rescue Kit be as equally suited as Clonezilla to the tasks Brockmeier mentions ??
As its DistroWatch summary reads it: (live from http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=trinity )
Brockmeier writes concerning his "best" liveCD criteria "When choosing the best of the many live media Linux distros out there, I looked for distributions that are actively being developed,....." If so, then ALL THREE of the above three liveCD distros beat out Brockmeier's selected KNOPPIX and the Network Security Toolkit's CD version as far as "actively being developed" at the time of this writing. 2010-07-08: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2010.07 2010-03-30: Distribution Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 2010-08-16: Distribution Release: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4
In case of doubt on this last claim, see the respective DistroWatch summaries and release dates of KNOPPIX and NST's CD release at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix (2009-11-18: Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 6.2) http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05278 (2009-01-09: Distribution Release: Network Security Toolkit 1.8.1)
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Maybe Brockmeier needs further research or qualifiers concerning his "best" liveCD distros ??