Ubuntu-based family of lightweight installable live CDs optimized for ease of use. Each is pre-integrated for a specific application including LAMP, Joomla, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, MediaWiki, Django and others.

Multimedia focused Live CD distribution with a low-latency kernel and a large collection of applications for audio and video manipulation.

Comprehensive comparison of Linux Live CDs.

Includes sortable tabular listing. Shows name, size, and primary functions.

Slax-based Linux distribution with a collection of over 300 security and forensics tools.

Modular Knoppix-based Linux distribution designed to allow easy customization.

A business card size (50MB) Linux distribution; with description and download links.

Live CD for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash.

Debian-based Live CD made for system administrators and users who prefer text tools. Available for x86-32bit and amd64-64bit in multiple flavours.

Minimal Linux distribution which can boot from CD-ROM or PXE, designed to stress and monitor the health of an entire system.