Hot! Hot! MandrakeMove : move with Internet, Office & Multimedia in your pocket! Boots on a CD!

[RideFree]

Piping Hot! MandrakeMove : move with Internet, Office & Multimedia in your pocket!

Carry your config files and P/W info on a USB Pen Drive/USB key; this data can be encrypted for the highest level of security and privacy!


MandrakeMove lets you bring your Mandrake Linux system wherever you go, all on a single disc, so that you can connect to the Internet, create & edit Office documents, listen to music, watch movies, and just about anything you can imagine from wherever you happen to be!

With MandrakeMove, there's no need to install a Linux system to have a full-featured desktop:
just place MandrakeMove live CD into a CD-ROM drive, boot from the disc, then watch an entire Mandrake system run "on the fly" from the CD-ROM. As a unique added feature, the MandrakeMove CD-ROM may be ejected to access content from another CD.

{Aside}This sounds like the propellerhead's dream!

 

[RideFree]

And yes, I know that there are others (i.e. Knoppix) that will let you boot Linux from a CD...but it looks like Mandrake took out most of the pain of configuration and the worry about security.

This looks like a good excuse to break some Windoz!

 

[HKSturboKID]

Not bad for $69 which includes the 128mb USB key.

 

[a2k]

Cool! It looks like you can download an ISO of the latest release candidate. Might give it a whirl tonight.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: a2k
Cool! It looks like you can download an ISO of the latest release candidate. Might give it a whirl tonight.

Thanx, Nice find... downloading it right now

 

[weepul]

suse eval has been around for quite awhile too:

http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/suse_linux/index.html


SUSE LINUX for i386 Live-Eval

SUSE makes the live-eval version of SUSE LINUX available for download as an ISO image. This version runs entirely from the bootable CD and is not installed on the hard disk.

If you want to get to know SUSE LINUX or test if your hardware is fully supported, the live-eval version is the right choice for you.

The ISO image is located in the respective directory under ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[SemperFi]

Originally posted by: a2k
Cool! It looks like you can download an ISO of the latest release candidate. Might give it a whirl tonight.

Nice, thanks for the link.

What is the .md5 file? Lunix amateur here. I did learn a lot while I was hacking my Tivo last month though.

 

[Granorense]

Nice....got to give it a try!!!!

 

[ronton888]

.md5 file is a fingerprint of a file. It pretty much tells you if
a) file was corrupted in transit
b) file has been tampered with

A unique .md5 checksum is generated from the original file (iso in most cases) and made publicly available. However, I would only download md5 files from official sites since 3rd party md5 checksums may have been altered.

 

[rasputinj]

Nice find thanks, I have been looking to try bootable Linux.

 

[meices]

Thanks for the info. I still use Knoppix when I use a boot from CD distro but I might look into the Mandrake one when I have more time

 

[sianof]

I have to say that KNOPPIX is by far the easiest thing I have come across. I am mainly a windows user but only because I haven't had the time to learn linux in and out. This is where KNOPPIX takes the cake. I literally downloaded it, burned the image, rebooted my machine and had an entire working loaded linux in 1 minute.

To all of you Windows users, imagine this !
You start your machine and within one minute or less you have an entire loaded machine with everything including games, multiple browsers, chatting, music players, video players, office programs and tons more.
Now imagine this, your windows shits the bed and you have that windows cd ready to reinstall. Imagine the time it is gonna take you to reload everything in????HOURS !

Overall KNOPPIX is great. I boot it half the time and use it just as much as my windows now. I plan to soon run it as my full time and use windows with an emulator when necessary.
Windows works but Linux is off the walls.

Go try this out !
later
Frank S

 

[OctaneZ]

Guys keep in mind that the ISO out right now does NOT have support for storing /home on a USB/Thumb drive

 

[Buzzman151]

Does anyone know how this compares to the Lindows cd run version?


I think i'm gonna give this a try when I get home tonight.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: OctaneZ
Guys keep in mind that the ISO out right now does NOT have support for storing /home on a USB/Thumb drive

WTF.....can you store ANYTHING on it besides configs?

 

[ww4397]

Will MandrakeMove run - with network capability - on a EPoX 8RDA+ (nForce2 based mobo)? My experience is that most other "on the fly" Linux CD distros don't recognize the onboard network card used on this (and other) nForce2 boards.

 

[a2k]

Got it up and running (and posting from it right now). Very cool! It booted up no problem in about 60 seconds on my P3 machine, and even works with my logitech wireless keyboard. I'm totally sold, now I just gotta get the USB drive.

 

[SIPBuilder]

I'm a recent Linux convert and am aware of numerous bootable Linux versions....
Prior to installing Mandrake 9.1, which I'm using right now. I test drove Knoppix (very good hardware detection), Morphix, and Jollix that are basically Debian varients. Adios (nice) is based on Redhat. And the version that I find the most intriging is called PCLinuxOS, the latest version " Beta 4 " was made available only yesterday... Very sweet Find it via www.pclinuxonline.com It can be run as a bootable disk or you can install it from the root user config menu.

 

[ntsf]

OK, so here's what interests me: the USB drive support... Do any current cd-based distro's support storing data on a USB key drive?

 

[slycat]

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[ntsf]

Originally posted by: slycat
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[Rupster]

I just read this in PC magazine not too long ago - it's a nice description of all the linux distro's & how they compare in ease of use & installation - excellent starting point for linux newbies- check out the web version of the article HERE

Nice deal - thanks

 

[SIPBuilder]

Regarding usb drives...

Numerous system admins are discovering that they can save their important data from a totally hosed Windows based system using a Linux based bootable CD and a usb drive. Boot the Linux CD (Knoppix, Adios or PClinuxOS) mount the Windows hard drive and copy to the USB drive, yes the Windows machine is still hosed. I'm sure the MS fanboys can tell you how to format and reinstall your favorite Windows version. The cool part is that Linux has allowed you to recover your important data.

In addition...
Linux is just as logical as Windows... It is just different... I've used MS OS since the Dos days and when I shifted to Linux (three months ago?) there was a definite but not insurmountable learning curve. To suggest that Linux isn't ready for the desktop or is unusable because you want it to work like Windows is just as ignorant as a lifetime Linux user claiming Windows sucks cause I can't use rpms to update their system. I am quickly finding Linux to be easy to use. I was intially attracted to the available eye candy under KDE (transparency in menus or backgrounds, zooming icons, etc) Then I discovered the numerous GUI interfaces and seemingly unending choices of freely distributable applications.
Mplayer can play just about any video including MS stuff, avi, mov, real, etc. K3B allows me to burn a 650M iso in 2 min. 28 seconds, the same iso under windows using Nero takes 3min 14 seconds. Open Office 1.1 handles all the MS formats like .doc files .xl files and allows me to save in .pdf. Multiple web browsers, networking utilities, if I listed everything available you would eventually quit reading this post. I can view flash animations imbedded in websites and play Java games. Yahoogames has a disclaimer stating "these games will not run on Unix or Mac computers" and my response can only be... Bullsh*t I'm running one right now! Add in the lack of virus, exploits, pop-ups and other annoyances, and the considrable expense of both the MS OS and compatible applications, Linux is hands down the best deal in the entire Hot Deals forum. I have yet to pay a dime for any GPL software and I can copy it, distribute it to freinds, even contribute to it's development if I choose.

I suspect those who post "MS all the way!" do so because that is all that seems familiar to them... In a Linux environment they risk being called a "newbie" and they might have to ask some questions or seek help. There are no dumb questions; Only dumb people who would prefer to remain ignorant out of fear that someone might think they are stupid for asking a question.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Having used MandrakeMove myself, I don't think it offers anything more/new than what KNOPPIX already provides. In any case, it's good to see another player in the "Live CD" arena.

Oh yeah, don't forget that you can install KNOPPIX to your hard drive and have a clean Debian install from that point forward!

-SUO

 

[Scyber]

Anyone know of a bootable distro that is small enough to fit on one of those mini-cd discs? It would be nice to have a compeltely pocketsized linux distro.