Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 4.7 has been released for i386 and x86_64 The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD runs Scientific Linux 4.7 directly from CD/DVD without installing. It can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/47. Public mirrors of Scientific Linux 4.7 LiveCD/DVD can be found at the Scientificlinux.org download page https://www.scientificlinux.org/download 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 2.6.9-78.0.1.EL - openAFS client 1.4.7 - xorg 6.8.2 - alsa sound lib 1.0.6 - kde 3.3.1 - icewm 1.2.35 - 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) - ... and much more Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux - ntfsprogs - kernel-module-ntfs - qtparted - gparted - testdisk - dd_rescue, ddrescue - partimage - iperf - tkcvs - ms-sys - unionfs and squashfs for w/r live system --------------------------------------------------------------------- More information can be found at http://linux.web.psi.ch/livecd ---------------------------------------------------------------------