Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should. In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for ...

While most Linux distributions have an assortment of at least some useful diagnostic and recovery tools (and often, looking at a drive through another operating system can be immensely useful in ...

If you mean using a boot CD to boot your hard drive install normally (as opposed to being a rescue disk), then the simplest solution would be to make a boot floppy, and when you're satisfied it's ...

We all know about the possibilities for installing Linux on a hard drive. Sometimes, however, this option isn't good enough. Say, for example, you simply want to give someone a Linux CD that he can ...

Zeebra Linux recently announced the availability of the Zeebra Linux CD--a version of Linux that runs from CD, without requiring a hard disk installation. The CD ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. You've got one of these lying around. Just make it has a 4GB ...

Firstly, Linux can boot from a CD or memory stick without having to modify the hard disk in any way at all. You just can’t do this with Microsoft Windows. You can’t find or make a Windows CD that ...