Choosing a good teaching platform during Linux teaching, undoubtedly give teaching work. There are a lot of Linux issued in Linux's teaching, and the installation of Linux is more troublesome than Windows installation, so this brings some inconvenience to Linux's teaching work.
The Live CD is a technology that runs Linux in the way physical memory virtually into disk. After you have it, we can run Linux using CD-ROM, you can do not need to consider the existence of the hard disk, but also avoid damaging the hard disk data. possibility. Linux Live CD generally functions with a full operating system should have many aspects, on the other hand, because its main purpose is to provide system recovery and mobile office, etc., its software is also equipped with these two aspects. With a Linux Live CD, both maintenance systems, or office, online will make you easily.
Since there are many Linux Live CDs based on existing distributions such as Slackware, Debian, Mandrake and other popular versions, Linux Teaching is also handed by using the corresponding Linux Live CD.
For different teaching requirements, teachers may choose different Linux distributions, focusing on several Linux Live CDs based on relatively common Linux issuers.
Slaxware-based SLAX
SLAX is a SLACKWARE-based Live CD, currently the highest version 4.1.4
Its home page is http://www.slax.org
Running the SLAX is not too high, 486 CPUs, 30MB above memory and a motherboard that supports from the optical drive (of course, keyboard, mouse, and monitor are still necessary). In fact, SLAX is not high for CPU and hard drive, especially if the hard disk is complete, but the requirements for memory is still different, 30MB of memory can only run the SLAX of the command line, if you need to run the GUI graphical interface, at least 64MB of memory. Under 64MB of memory, you can run our Guifast mode XWindow (FLUXBOX); XWindow (KDE) of the GUI and Guisafe mode can be run under 128 MB of memory. Therefore, the larger the memory is, the better.
It is worth mentioning that the mainland and Taiwan have versions of SLAX Hanhua, especially www.linuxfans.org, providing FANX0.0.2, which supports Simplified Chinese, is quite high, and provides many Chinese tools. The most valuable thing is that the author is in Chinese and supplementary software, which makes Fanx0.0.2 on the SLAX original 180MB ISO based on the SLAX, just in the small CDR, which is just in the small CDR. .
Although the mirror file of the SLAX is only about 180MB, it is more perfect. In addition to some servers and development functions (this is the common problem of Linux Live CD), desktop office, network function and multimedia, etc. are not different than other Linux systems.
When SLAX is started, if you detect a file system already existing, you support this file system, SLAX will automatically mount / mnt / below, this point brings a lot to system maintenance and sharing other file systems. Convenience.
Since the core version of SLAX is 2.4.x Therefore, it is also ideal for hardware support. If there is a problem in starting the detection hardware, the system will provide a hanging method to ignore the problem, and then start the system.
SLAX gave up many applications in order to do a relatively small capacity as much as possible. However, SLAX provides a module function that allows users to add their own applications to the SLAX, with a fan exchange sharing module on the homepage.
Fedora Core 2 Live CD Based on Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core is a project that works with Linux communities in a project with the Linux community to work together with the Linux community in the enterprise-class application. The Linux Live CD developed by Fedora Core inherits its characteristics. Since Fedora Core has a relationship with the original Red Hat series, it has a shadow of Red Hat 9.0 in many places, so if you use Red Hat to choose Fedora Core 2 Live CD.
The Download of the Red Hat is available on the official website of Red Hat.
Debian-based Knoppix
Knoppix is Debian-based Linux Live CD, currently 3.3. Knoppix is started with CD, which can start a complete Debian 3 without having a hard disk (or no hard disk) and memory in the state of memory (or no hard disk), including XWindow and various services without having a hard disk (or no hard disk). . Initially, Knoppix is a teacher making release. His purpose is to make such a disc for a presentation to demonstrate a Linux when teaching.
Knoppix's mirror file has nearly 700MB, almost migrating most common and popular software. Due to the decompression technology of On-the-fly, up to 2GB of executable software can be integrated on this disc. This is some other Live CDs.
On the support of hardware, Knoppix also manifests, which supports the vast majority of Intel architecture hardware devices, support USD, ADSL dial, etc .; compatible with NTFS, FAT32 format, automatic load (MOUNT) hard disk partition, automatically load USB devices . Especially suitable for hardware detection tools, or third-party software for hard disk data backup, or work spare of soft / hardware engineers.
Knoppix's customization is very good, and users can customize the version that is fully required according to their needs.
Knoppix Home http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
Because Knoppix is earlier, more users are used, so there are many Chinese versions, there are many Chinese versions of the Chinese version to provide download.
Mandrake-based Mandrake
Mandrakesoft officially launched CD Launched Linux operating system Mandrakemove. It is designed for various types of mobile office environments. Mandrakemove contains all Internet, office and entertainment software tools, while Mandrakemove supports USB personal data storage. This way users can store their data files on the U disk and truly do mobile office.
Mandrakemove is based on Mandrake9.2 operating system. There are currently two types of boxes and download, and the box version provides additional system configuration and personal information USB transfer feature, all other functions are the same as the download version.
Mandrakemove simplifies hardware configuration, system hardware, and devices (mouse, scanner, printer, digital camera, etc.) automatically detect and configure during the CD. There is no need to install it to the hard drive first. The system contains a complete office suite: creation, editing, and sharing files (XLS, DOC, PPT) compatible with Microsoft (R) Office. At the same time, it also takes into account the needs of multimedia and entertainment, in terms of entertainment: including entertainment games, 3D games, educational procedures for children, etc., will make you feel free. In multimedia: Enjoy the latest music, movies, and image formats (including MP3 and OGG music files, as well as a large number of Divx movies).
Although Mandrakemove uses a CD-ROM drive, users can still pop up the optical drive, then read multimedia content from other discs, this is quite practical, but to do this, users need enough memory, small memory is not available. . SUSE LINUX 9.1 Live-Eval ISO
SUSE Linux is an international technology leader and is a solution provider of open source operating system software. SUSE unique Linux technology expertise and its own world's largest open source software development team brought suse as a praise from the most complete Linux solutions today. SUSE has more than 500 staff in the world, and its offices are spread over Europe, Latin America and the United States, all of which supports Linux communities and open source software development. SUSE's history is almost as long as the Linux kernel itself, it is the old brother in major Linux solution providers.
In fact, SUSE's version of Linux Live CD is an attached product with SUSE Linux 9.1, which is included in SUSE Linux 9.1. The entire CD capacity is 680MB, which is unlikely to functionally almost and SUSE Linux 9.1 Personal. It uses the latest technology of the 2.6 kernel, which makes it very good in hardware compatibility. The FFICE software integrated O can be compatible with all Office file formats. Web browser and email programs can import Outlook Express E-mail. Network settings are simple. Intuitive KDE graphics desktop, very similar to Windows, which is convenient for new users. You can also import IE's personal favorites, multimedia players support CD, VCD, DVD, and CD burn. The support for digital cameras is also quite good.
The above introduces so many Linux Live CDs are almost covered by mainstream Linux versions. Which one is selected, and it is determined according to your own actual situation.
