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This is a 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.

There are hundreds of Linux distributions, ranging from the friendly Ubuntu and Linux Mint to the powerful Arch Linux. What they all have in common is that we download an ISO file, and must then create a Linux Installation Disc or USB. In this guide, you will find the best free applications to create Linux installation media, with or without persistence.

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How to create a Linux installation USB Flash Drive

How to create a Linux installation USB Flash Drive

The use of optical discs is on a steady decline; it's a matter of time before they go the way of the floppy disks. USB thumb drives offer a faster and more convenient alternative, especially when it comes to Linux installation.

You see, most distributions allow us to run Linux as a 'live environment' straight from the installation media. This way we can check out the distro, and any possible incompatibilities, before committing to installing it on the hard drive.

For this live environment, a CD or DVD will work, but it will be woefully slow, and noisy while reading the disc. By creating a Linux installation USB, we gain not only in speed but on some distributions we can have the so-called 'persistence.'

Persistence means that whichever changes we do in the live environment will remain even after a reboot. In effect, we have a completely portable Linux installation, which can run on the majority of systems.

We can even have multiple different Linux distributions on the same USB flash drive. Since many diagnostic tools and antivirus rescue discs are based on Linux, a single thumb drive can be our diagnostic multi-tool for any computer malady.

UNetbootin: Create a Linux installation USB with persistence

UNetbootin is probably the most convenient way to create a Linux installation USB.

The reason is that we don't even have to have downloaded an ISO beforehand. UNetbootin will download the ISO for us, for the most popular Linux distros.

UNetbootin also allows us to create persistence on Ubuntu, and most of the Ubuntu-based distributions: Linux Mint, Lubuntu, etc. The persistence file can be up to 4GB, the limit of the FAT32 filesystem.

Last but not least, UNetbootin is very straightforward and easy to use. There are no perplexing choices for beginners, we just choose the distribution or an ISO file, select the USB drive and click OK. UNetbootin will do the rest.

Rufus: The fastest way to create a Linux installation USB

We have seen Rufus before, here on PCsteps. It was our app of choice for the creation of a Windows Installation Disc or USB.

Contrary to UNetbootin, Rufus can create any Boot USB from an ISO, Linux or Windows.

This makes it a more complicated program than UNetbootin. It gives us a choice between MBR for BIOS/UEFI, MBR just for UEFI, or GPT partition scheme, four types of filesystems (FAT32, NTFS, UDF, and exFAT), and the Cluster size.

Those options can very well overwhelm a beginner. Even so, the default settings (MBR and FAT32) are good enough to create a Linux installation USB for most uses.

Also, Rufus claims to be the fastest boot USB creation tool, according to the app's homepage. However, their test is admittedly a bit dated. They apparently haven't bothered to re-run it since 2011.

If we don't care about persistence or the automatic downloading of the distro's ISO, Rufus is an excellent choice to create a Linux installation USB.

YUMI: Multiple Linux installation ISOs on the same USB

YUMI allows us to have multiple different Linux live environments on the same USB. Those can include Linux distributions, antivirus rescue discs, diagnostic tools, partitioning apps, disk cloning tools, and more.

Like UNetbootin, YUMI has the option to download the ISO for our distribution of choice, and it also includes Antivirus Tools and System Tools.

After we have selected the drive, we can check the 'Download Link' checkbox to download the ISO of our choice, before we proceed to the creation.

For distributions based on Ubuntu, we can also choose to create persistence.

Even though the purpose of YUMI is to create a Multiboot USB, it won't allow us to add multiple ISOs from the beginning. We need to wait for the first ISO to install on the USB, to add the second, and so on.

Also, according to YUMI's creators, YUMI was designed to create multiboot live environments, not for a Linux installation.

Of course, it won't stop us from starting the installation through the live environment, and it should work in most cases.

If, however, we are more interested in creating a Linux installation USB than a Linux Live USB and don't care about multiboot, UNetbootin or Rufus are better choices.

How to create a Linux installation CD / DVD

Many older systems won't support boot from USB. This is not a problem, though, since creating a Linux installation CD or DVD is as simple as burning the ISO image to a disc.

On Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10, we can just right-click on the ISO and select the 'Burn disc image' option.

If, however, this is unavailable, every good CD/DVD Burning software has the 'burn disc image' option. One of our favorites it InfraRecorder, which is available as a portable app that doesn't need installation.

Just make sure to select 'Write Image,' and not a data disk containing the full .iso file. That won't work for a Linux installation.

Apart from that, there are no special settings to make a Linux installation CD / DVD bootable. The ISO already contains the proper configuration for the disc to boot.

Do you have a favorite app for creating a Linux installation USB, CD, or DVD?

If you prefer one of the above apps or you like an app we didn't mention to create Linux installation media, let us know in the comments below.

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This is a 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[edit]

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[edit]

FreeBSD based[edit]

DesktopBSD – as of 1.6RC1^{[citation needed]} 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[edit]

Linux kernel-based[edit]

Arch Linux based[edit]

Artix – LXQt preconfigured and OpenRC-oriented live CD and distribution
Archie – live CD version of Arch Linux.
Manjaro – primarily free software operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use.

Debian-based[edit]

These are directly based on Debian:

Debian Live – Official live CD version of Debian
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
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
Open Secure-K OS^[1] – a Debian-based live operating system following liveng ^[2] patterns (kernel update on a live ISO9660 file system, encrypted persistence).

Knoppix-based[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[3]
Emmabuntüs is a Linux distribution derived from Ubuntu and designed to facilitate the repacking of computers donated to Emmaüs Communities.
gNewSense – Supported by the Free Software Foundation, includes GNOME
gOS – A series of lightweight operating systems based on Ubuntu with Ajax-based applications and other Web 2.0 applications, geared to beginning users, installable live CD
Linux Mint – Installable live CD
Mythbuntu – A self-contained media center suite based on Ubuntu and MythTV
OpenGEU – Installable live CD
PC/OS – An Ubuntu derivative whose interface was made to look like BeOS. a 64 bit version was released in May 2009. In 2010 PC/OS moved to a more unified look to its parent distribution and a GNOME version was released on March 3, 2010.
Pinguy – An Ubuntu-based distribution designed to look and feel simple. Pinguy is designed with the intent of integrating new users to Linux.
Puredyne – Live CD/DVD/USB for media artists and designers, based on Ubuntu and Debian Live
Qimo 4 Kids – A fun distro for kids that comes with educational games
Trisquel – Supported by the Free Software Foundation, includes GNOME
TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library – Family of installable live CD appliances optimized for ease of use in server-type usage scenarios
Ubuntu and Lubuntu – Bootable live CDs

Other Debian-based[edit]

AVLinux – AVLinux is a Linux for multimedia content creators.^[4]
CrunchBang Linux – Installable live CD, using Openbox as window manager
Damn Small Linux – Very light and small with JWM and Fluxbox, installable live CD
DemoLinux (versions 2 and 3) – One of the very first live CDs
Dreamlinux – Installable live CD to hard drives or flash media * This distribution has ceased support *
gnuLinEx – Includes GNOME
Kanotix – Installable live CD
MEPIS – Installable live CD

Gentoo-based[edit]

FireballISO – VMware virtual machine that generates a customized security-hardened IPv4 and IPv6firewall live CD.
Incognito – includes anonymity and security tools such as Tor by default

Mandriva-based[edit]

DemoLinux (version 1)
Mageia – installable live CD
Mandriva Linux – installable live CD; GNOME and KDE editions available

openSUSE-based[edit]

openSuSE – official Novell/SuSE-GmbH version – installable live CD; GNOME and KDE versions available

Red Hat Linux/Fedora-based[edit]

CentOS – installable live CD
Fedora – installable live CD, with GNOME or KDE
Korora – installable live USB (recommended over DVD), with Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, or Xfce
Network Security Toolkit – installable live disc, with GNOME or Fluxbox

Slackware-based[edit]

AUSTRUMI – 50 MB Mini distro
BioSLAX – a bioinformatics live CD with over 300 bioinformatics applications
NimbleX – under 200 MB
Porteus – under 300 MB
Vector Linux (Standard and SOHO Editions)

Other[edit]

Acronis Rescue Media – to make disk images from hard disk drives
CHAOS – small (6 MB) and designed for creating ad hoc computer clusters
EnGarde Secure Linux – a highly secure Linux based on SE Linux
GeeXboX – a self-contained media center suite based on Linux and MPlayer
GoboLinux – an alternative Linux distribution. Its most salient feature is its reorganization of the filesystem hierarchy. Under GoboLinux, each program has its own subdirectory tree.
Granular – installable live CD based on PCLinuxOS, featuring KDE and Enlightenment
Lightweight Portable Security – developed and publicly distributed by the United States Department of Defense’s Software Protection Initiative to serve as a secure end node
Linux From Scratch Live CD (live CD inactive) – used as a starting point for a Linux From Scratch installation
Nanolinux – 14 MB distro on an installable live CD with BusyBox and Fltk, for desktop computing
paldo GNU/Linux – independently developed, rolling release distribution on installable live CD
PCLinuxOS – installable live CD for desktop computing use
Puppy Linux – installable live CD, very small
SliTaz GNU/Linux – installable live CD, one of the smallest available with good feature set
Tiny Core Linux – based on Linux 2.6 kernel, BusyBox, Tiny X, Fltk, and Flwm, begins at 10 MB
XBMC Live – a self-contained media center suite based on Embedded Linux and XBMC Media Center

OS X-based[edit]

DasBoot by SubRosaSoft.com
OSx86 (x86 only)

Windows-based[edit]

Microsoft representatives have described third-party efforts at producing Windows-based live CDs as 'improperly licensed' uses of Windows, unless used solely to rescue a properly licensed installation. However, Nu2 Productions believes the use of BartPE is legal provided that one Windows license is purchased for each BartPE CD, and the Windows license is used for nothing else.^[5]

BartPE – allows creation of a bootable CD from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 installation files
WinBuilder – allows the creation of a bootable CD from Windows 2000 and later

OpenSolaris-based[edit]

Systems based on the former open source 'OS/net Nevada' or ONNV open source project by Sun Microsystems.

BeleniX – full live CD and live USB distribution (moving to Illumos?)
OpenSolaris – the former official distribution supported by Sun Microsystems based on ONNV and some closed source parts

Illumos-based[edit]

Illumos is a fork of the former OpenSolaris ONNV aiming to further develop the ONNV and replacing the closed source parts while remaining binary compatible. The following products are based upon Illumos:

Nexenta OS – combines the GNU userland with the OpenSolaris kernel.
OpenIndiana – since OpenIndiana 151a based on Illumos

Other operating systems[edit]