List of live CDs

This is a list of live CDs. 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.

Rescue and repair live CDs

• Billix – a multiboot distribution and system administration toolkit with the ability to install any of the included Linux distributions
• – a Live CD that was made to help those not familiar with Linux repair or recover their Windows Computer from a Live CD.
• Inquisitor – Linux-based hardware diagnostics, stress testing and benchmarking Live CD
• Parted Magic
• ecovery s ossible is a Linux-based CD with partition tool and network tools (Samba), based on the 2.6.17 kernel.
• System Folder of Mac OS on a CD or on a floppy disk – works on any media readable by 68k or PowerPC Macintosh computers.
• SystemRescueCD is a Linux-based CD with tools for Windows and Linux repairs, based on the 2.6 kernel.
• Trinity Rescue Kit – Mandriva Linux-based CD for use on a Windows or Linux-based system.

BSD-based

OpenBSD based

• Anonym.OS – an OpenBSD-based disk for secure anonymous web browsing
• BSDanywhere
• jggimi - a set of LiveCDs
• OliveBSD
• MarBSD
• OpenBSD Live-CD Firewall

FreeBSD based

• DesktopBSD – as of 1.6RC1 FreeBSD and FreeSBIE based
• FreeBSD – has supported use of a "fixit" CD for diagnostics since 1996
• FreeNAS – m0n0wall-based
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