Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should.

Professor Bataller also developed a bootable Linux CD, called Maragda, motivated by the desire to use Linux in his university on hardware that was carted around to different classrooms for a variety ...

Minilinux on CD. One of the easiest ways to create your own Linux bootable CD is to take the image of a Minilinux diskette and burn it on a disk. This is a nice solution if you don't like floppy disks ...

Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save ...

If the hard disk drive or solid state drive on your Windows computer has failed, then you can retrieve your files & data using Linux Live CD/USB.

My plan was to create the img of the disk, and use mkisofs to create a bootable linux CD from it. However I'm stuck between 'how to turn installation into file you can make an iso' part.

Ubuntu 8.10 is a free download; it can run as a live CD or install on most Intel-based systems.Ubuntu 8.10 includes a simple, working tool that puts a bootable Ubuntu system on a memory stick and ...

After covering setting up dual-boot XP/Linux and Vista/Linux systems (where Windows was installed first), I decided it was time to take a look at how easy it is to install Vista onto a PC where a ...

If you've ever delved into the realm of Windows/Linux dual-booting, you probably know that the Master Boot Record can unexpectedly stop working, leavi ...

In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. Today, a vast number ...