If you’ve followed me long enough, you know I have a soft spot for the Enlightenment desktop. I have gone to all lengths to make sure my distribution of choice has either E16 or E17 installed for those days when I just need a little enlightenment. Those days are many. Fortunately there are plenty of [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software

Internet users have a few choices when it comes to secure web browsing. It begins with modifications in the web browser, like installing the NoScript add-on to block all scripts from loading on websites, over sandboxing the browser like Sandboxie does, to virtual machines and Live CDs. Webconverger belongs to the Live CD group, with [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

One of the greatest options to test out a Linux distribution is to create a Live CD and use that to boot the operating system from. That way, no changes are made to the current system, and the user is still able to test Linux extensively. Then, when the user feels comfortable using the operating [...]

Categories: Linux, Windows

Here on Ghacks I have mentioned a few tools that allow you to create various types of Linux CDs. Most of these tools allow you to create Live CDs that are either images of your current working distribution or tools to create a Live CD with special packages. But none of these tools, so far, [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced

Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time. Beginning as Mandrake Linux, the company MandrakeSoft was forced to change its name when sued by the Hearst Corporation because of the claims that Mandrake Linux was inspired by their comic character “Mandrake the Magician”. So the change in [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Basic

Recently a Ghacks reader mentioned (in my “Create your own mobile Ubuntu repository with APTonCD” article) the tool remastersys. This particular tool is a must-have for serious Ubuntu/Debian administrators, because it allows the user to create a Live CD of the installed Ubuntu or Debian system. This has two handy uses: As a backup for [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Basic

Fedora Linux is a popular Linux distribution. It can be installed on a computer system or started from a Live CD or USB stick. The Fedora Live USB Creator aids users in the creation of the Fedora operating system on an USB stick. The tool will setup Fedora on the USB stick giving the user [...]

Categories: Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Windows

I have mentioned, many times, various Live CDs to use for giving Linux a try or installing Linux. I have had some feedback asking to explain just what a Live CD is. Some users are hesitent to use a Live CD for fear of deleting their data or damaging their hard drive. My hope is [...]

Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a live CD that is based on Ubuntu 8.04 currently. The sole purpose of this Ubuntu spin off is to create a secure working environment for private data. This is achieved by several measures that distinguish the Ubuntu Privacy Remix distribution from any other. The operating system will only boot from [...]

Categories: Linux