Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.1 has been released for i386 and x86_64 The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD runs Scientific Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/51. Public mirrors of Scientific Linux 5.1 LiveCD/DVD can be found at the Scientificlinux.org download page (https://www.scientificlinux.org/download). The following versions are available: - Mini-LiveCD 32bit with Icewm desktop - LiveCD 32bit with Gnome desktop - LiveCD 64bit with Gnome desktop - LiveDVD 32bit with Gnome/KDE/Icewm desktop - LiveDVD 64bit with Gnome/KDE/Icewm desktop LiveCD/DVD features: - fully writable root filesystem - hardware auto-detection - can be installed to local hard disk - can be installed on USB key - can be mounted over NFS (as diskless client) Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux - ntfs-3g (read/write NTFS support) - ntfsprogs - kernel-module-ntfs - gparted - testdisk - dd_rescue - partimage (only i386 and DVD) - iperf - aufs Major software updates compared to Scientific Linux 5.0 Live CD - kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 (including iwlwifi WLAN driver) - OpenAFS client 1.4.6 - update to the latest SL 5.1 software - first release of Mini-LiveCD and LiveDVD More information can be found at - http://linux.web.psi.ch/livecd - https://www.scientificlinux.org --- Urs Beyerle