Hi, I've just rebuilt the SL54 LiveCD/DVDs (date 2009-11-20). There are still in the testing area http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/54/i386/ http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/54/x86_64/ If no serious bug is found, they will be released soon. Cheers, Urs Urs Beyerle wrote: > Hi, > > SL54 LiveCD/DVDs for i386 and x86_64 are ready for testing: > > http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/54/i386/ > http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/download/testing/54/x86_64/ > > Any feedback is welcome. > > Cheers, > > Urs > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Scientific Linux 5.4 Live CD and DVD (32bit and 64bit) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 5.4 (SL54), which is recompiled from RedHat > Enterprise Linux 5 sources (RHEL5). > > 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 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 > - openAFS client 1.4.11 > - xorg 7.1 > - 3D desktop with compiz and AIGLX > (must be enabled first: System -> Preferences -> Desktop Effects) > - alsa sound lib 1.0.17 > - gnome 2.16.0 (standard desktop) > - gimp 2.2.13 > - openoffice.org 2.3.0 > - firefox 3.0.15 > - thunderbird 2.0.0.22 > - kde 3.5.4 (only on LiveDVD) > - evolution 2.12.3 (only on LiveDVD) > - ... and much more > > > Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux > > - ntfs-3g (read/write NTFS support) > - ntfsprogs > - gparted > - reiserfs-utils, progsreiserfs > - ms-sys > - testdisk > - dd_rescue > - ddrescue > - partimage > - iperf > - xdialog > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > More information can be found at http://www.livecd.ethz.ch > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Urs Beyerle