Live Media
| Distribution | Size (MB) | RAM use (MB) | Boots from CD | Boots from DVD | Installable live CD/DVD | Installable from USB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALT Linux Desktop or Lite | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Arch Linux | 7002181000000000000181 to 7002673000000000000673 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| AUSTRUMI Linux | 700150000000000000050 | Yes | Yes | |||
| BackTrack | 70031910000000000001,910 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Bodhi Linux | 7002500000000000000500 | 700180000000000000080 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CentOS | 7002700000000000000700 to 70033400000000000003,400 DVD | Yes | Yes | Officially not supported | ||
| ClearOS | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | No | |||
| CrunchBang Linux | 7002873000000000000873 | 7002256000000000000256 to 1024 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Damn Small Linux | 700150000000000000050 | 700116000000000000016 to 24 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian Live | 700150000000000000050 to 70035120000000000005,120 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dreamlinux | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| dyne:bolic | 7002650000000000000650 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Elive | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Feather Linux | 7002128000000000000128 | 700148000000000000048 to 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | ||
| Fedora live CD |
7002683000000000000683 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Finnix | 7002100000000000000100 to 7002130000000000000130 | 700128000000000000028 to 700164000000000000064 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Freespire | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Gentoo | 7002100000000000000100 | up to 7002128000000000000128 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grml | 7002110000000000000110 to 7002700000000000000700 | 700132000000000000032 to 7002128000000000000128 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Inquisitor live CD | 7002210000000000000210 | 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Kanotix | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Knoppix CD edition |
7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | Only DVD edition is maintained | |
| Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition |
70034812800000000004,812.8 | No | Yes | |||
| Knoppix STD | 7002497000000000000497 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| Gnoppix | 70034812800000000004,812.8 | No | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| gOS | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Linux Mint | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lunar Linux | 7002421000000000000421 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mandriva Linux One | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MEPIS | 7002700000000000000700 to 70034000000000000004,000 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCNLive | 7002350000000000000350 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Micro Core Linux | 7000800000000000000≈8 | 7001480000000000000≈48 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Musix GNU/Linux | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Network Security Toolkit live CD/DVD |
7002483000000000000483 to 70031300000000000001,300 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NimbleX | 7002200000000000000200 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nUbuntu | 7002265000000000000265 | Yes | Yes | |||
| openGEU | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002192000000000000192 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | Yes | ||
| openSUSE | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenWrt | 7000400000000000000min 4 | 7001160000000000000min 16 | No | No | No | No |
| Oralux | 7002500000000000000500 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| Pardus | 70031256000000000001,256 to 70031276000000000001,276 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PCLinuxOS | 7002130000000000000130 to 7002700000000000000700 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pentoo | 7002666000000000000666 and 7002700000000000000700 | 700148000000000000048 to 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | By hand | By hand |
| Puppy Linux (standard edition) | 7002128000000000000128 | 700132000000000000032 to 7002192000000000000192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Puredyne | 7002542000000000000542 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sabayon Linux live CD | 7002695000000000000695 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sabayon Linux live DVD | 70032400000000000002,400 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Scientific Linux | 7002431000000000000431 to 70032300000000000002,300 | 7002640000000000000640 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| sidux | 7002400000000000000400 to 70031999000000000001,999 | 7002193000000000000193 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Slax | 7002200000000000000200 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Super OS | 70031200000000000001,200 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| SystemRescueCD | 7002160000000000000160 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tiny Core Linux | 7001100000000000000≈10 | 7001480000000000000≈48 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 700130000000000000030 | 700116000000000000016 to 7002192000000000000192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tiny SliTaz | 70001440000000000001.44 | 7000800000000000000≈8 | Yes | Yes | By SliTaz | By SliTaz |
| Tor-ramdisk | 70005000000000000005 | 7002256000000000000256 or > | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trinity Rescue Kit | 7002104000000000000104 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Ubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002384000000000000384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Kubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002384000000000000384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XBMC Live | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Zentyal | 7002600000000000000600 | 7002256000000000000256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Distribution | Size (MB) | RAM use (MB) | Boots from CD | Boots from DVD | Installable live CD/DVD | Installable from USB |
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