List of live CDs
A live CD or live DVD is a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive. Rescue and repair Billix – A multiboot distribution and system administration toolkit with the ability to install any of the included Linux distributions Inquisitor – Linux kernel-based hardware diagnostics, stress testing and benchmarking live CD Parted Magic – Entirely based on the 2.6 or newer Linux kernels System Folder of classic Mac OS on a CD or on a floppy disk – Works on any media readable by 68k or PowerPC Macintosh computers SystemRescueCD – A Linux kernel-based CD with tools for Windows and Linux repairs BSD-based FreeBSD based DesktopBSD – as of 1.6RC1 FreeBSD and FreeSBIE based FreeBSD – has supported use of a "fixit" CD for diagnostics since 1996 FreeNAS – m0n0wall-based FreeSBIE (discontinued) – FreeBSD-based GhostBSD – FreeBSD based with gnome GUI, installable to HDD Ging – Debian GNU/kFreeBSD-based m0n0wall (discontinued) – FreeBSD-based TrueOS – FreeBSD-based pfSense – m0n0wall-based Other BSDs DragonFly BSD Linux kernel-based Arch Linux based Artix – LXQt preconfigured and OpenRC-oriented live CD and distribution Archie – live CD version of Arch Linux. Antergos Chakra Manjaro – primarily free software operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use. Parabola GNU/Linux-libre - distro endorsed by the Free Software Foundation SystemRescueCD Debian-based These are directly based on Debian: antiX – A light-weight edition based on Debian Debian Live – Official live CD version of Debian Devuan - A fork of the Debian Linux distribution that uses sysvinit, runit or OpenRC instead of systemd. Finnix – A small system administration live CD, based on Debian testing, and available for x86 and PowerPC architectures grml – Installable live CD for sysadmins and text tool users HandyLinux – A French/English Linux distribution derived from Debian designed for inexperienced computer users Instant WebKiosk – Live, browser only operating system for use in web kiosks and digital signage deployments Kali Linux – The most advanced penetration testing distribution Knoppix – The "original" Debian-based live CD MX Linux – Live based on Debian stable Tails – An Amnesic OS based on anonymity and Tor Slax – (formerly based on Slackware) modular and very easy to remaster Webconverger – Kiosk software that boots live in order to turn PC into temporary Web kiosk Knoppix-based A large number of live CDs are based on Knoppix. The list of those is in the derivatives section of the Knoppix article. Ubuntu-based These are based at least partially on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian: CGAL LiveCD – Live CD containing CGAL with all demos compiled. This enables the user to get an impression of CGAL and create CGAL software without the need to install CGAL. Emmabuntüs is a Linux distribution derived from Ubuntu and designed to facilitate the repacking of computers donated to Emmaüs Communities. gNewSense –