Hi,
Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 4.8 has been released for i386 and x86_64.
The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD runs Scientific Linux 4.8 directly from
CD/DVD without installing. It can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/48.
Public mirrors of Scientific Linux LiveCD/DVD can be found at the
Scientificlinux.org download page https://www.scientificlinux.org/download
Cheers,
Urs
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Scientific Linux 4.8 Live CD and DVD (32bit and 64bit)
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The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD is a bootable CD/DVD that runs
Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It is based on
Scientific Linux 4.8 (SL48), which is recompiled from RedHat
Enterprise Linux 4 sources (RHEL4 AS Update 8).
The following versions of the Scientific Linux LiveCD/DVD are
available for download:
- livecd: CD-ROM for 32bit
- livecd64: CD-ROM for 64bit
- livedvd: DVD-ROM for 32bit
- livedvd64: DVD-ROM for 64bit
- mini_livecd: Mini CD-ROM for 32bit
Features
- LiveCD/DVD can be installed to local hard disk
- LiveCD runs from USB key
- Changes can be stored persistently on an external device
- LiveCD can be mounted over NFS (diskless client)
Software
- kernel 2.6.9-89.0.9.EL
- openAFS client 1.4.7
- xorg 6.8.2
- alsa sound lib 1.0.6
- kde 3.3.1
- icewm 1.2.37
- gnome 2.8.0 (only on LiveDVD)
- gimp 2.0.5
- openoffice.org 1.1.5 (CD) 2.0.4 (DVD)
- firefox 3.0
- thunderbird 1.5
- evolution 2.8.0 (only on LiveDVD)
- unionfs and squashfs for w/r live system
- ... and much more
Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux
- ntfsprogs
- fuse-ntfs-3g
- qtparted
- testdisk
- dd_rescue
- ddrescue
- partimage
- iperf
- ms-sys
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More information can be found at http://www.livecd.ethz.ch
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