LINUX MAGAZINE DVD VIRTUAL DISTRO SAMPLER CentOS 5.1 Live tions for the desktop and lots of interest- The CentOS community distribution is ing add-ons. based on source code from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Kubuntu 8.04 Alpha “KDE 4” his month we bring you a Virtual This Live version comes with a If you haven’t already heard, Kubuntu Live Distro Sampler created healthy collection of end-user tools, plus Linux is Ubuntu with KDE. This alpha T exclusively for Linux Magazine a handy toolkit of diagnostic and rescue version of Kubuntu 8.04 might be your and Linux Pro Magazine. Try out any utilities. first look at what’s coming up in Ubuntu one of the five Live distros without “Hardy Heron.” rebooting. DreamLinux 3.0 RC1 Tour the new KDE 4 desktop and The Live base system is a fully install- DreamLinux is a modular Linux system browse through the gallery of tools that able version of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gib- based on Debian and Morphix. The makes Kubuntu a favorite of Linux users bon – with all the latest updates and se- DreamLinux developers pride them- around the world. curity patches. Ubuntu 7.10 comes with selves in delivering plenty of applica- better security, improved Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna 3D effects, write support Community Edition for NTFS partitions, a The popular Linux Mint distro, which is new automatic printer currently ranked fifth at DistroWatch, of- configuration feature, fers an abundance of user tools with an improved power man- impressive collection of original manage- agement, and additional ment utilities. updates and enhance- ments. SimplyMEPIS 7.0 Running on Gutsy Gib- SimplyMEPIS has attracted a loyal fol- bon is the VirtualBox lowing with its well-designed interface 1.5.6 virtualization envi- and carefully selected tool set. Simply- ronment. Inside this vir- MEPIS 7.0 includes a smart collection tual environment, you of applications for the home and office – can sample and test any with many more available for download of the following Live dis- at the MEPIS site and the Debian Stable tributions: Figure 4: DreamLinux 3.0 RC1. repositories. Figure 1: Choose a Live distro from the menu. Figure 2: CentOS version 5.1 offers industrial-strength stability. 18 ISSUE 90 MAY 2008 018-019_dvd.indd 18 12.03.2008 17:41:44 Uhr LINUX MAGAZINE DVD System Requirements Processor: Pentium-class 1 GHz or better Memory: 512MB RAM; more is recommended DEFECTIVE DVD? replaced. Disk Space: 2GB Minimum Defective DVDs will be Please send an email to [email protected]. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES [1] Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ getubuntu/releasenotes/710tour [2] CentOS: http:// www. centos. org/ [3] DreamLinux: http:// www. dreamlinux. com. br/ [4] Kubuntu: Conclusion at it, you can also test drive the popular http:// www. kubuntu. org/ Our innovative Live Distro sampler lets Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” host system. We [5] Mint Linux: http:// linuxmint. com/ you sample and test five great Live distri- hope you enjoy this month’s Linux Mag- [6] MEPIS: http:// www. mepis. org/ butions without rebooting. While you’re azine Virtual Live Distro Sampler DVD. Figure 3: Spend a restful moment with the dreamy Dreamlinux. Figure 4: Choose your boot option. MAY 2008 ISSUE 90 19 018-019_dvd.indd 19 12.03.2008 17:41:51 Uhr.