Puredyne is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at creative people. It provides a number of creative applications, alongside a solid set of graphic, audio and video tools in a fast, minimal package. It includes software for everything an artist might need - from sound art to innovative film-making.

TeX Live is a TeX distribution which is the replacement of teTeX. It is now the default TeX distribution for several Linux distributions such as Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo. Other Unix operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD are also converting from teTeX to TeX Live. TeX Live may be run directly, or "live", from a CD ROM, or from a DVD ROM, hence its name.

Paul Cutler interviews Ken VanDine, founder of Foresight Linux, on building images for the recent GNOME 2.18 Live Media release. Ken discusses his goals in helping create new GNOME Live Media, the tools he used in putting the different images together, and his plans for future GNOME Live Media releases.

"After 3 months of testing, the Stable release of Musix Live-DVD 1.0 R6 is out. It's a 100% free operating system for artists focused on music production, graphic design and video edition, based on Debian ETCH and KNOPPIX..." -- via DistroWatch

Debian Live scripts help us create 100% “official” Debian systems as “Live CD’s” . This is the procedure involved if you want to create one yourself:

First, you need to have a working Debian system.

Follow the instructions given here and install cdebootstrap and the live helper (lh) scripts.

"The Debian Live team is pleased to announce the first beta of Debian Lenny's Live images. Although we missed releasing images for Etch along with the installer images, we are now prepared to release live images within the regular Lenny release process.

Salix OS 13.0 "Live" is a Slackware-based distribution that runs the XFCE desktop environment. This distro offers a complete desktop running as a live CD and it also offers users the Persistence Wizard, a tool designed to help you save data and modifications between live CD sessions.

Couldn't make it to Nicaragua? You can now join the Debian conference online. Watch live video and communicate over IRC.

"For a long time now, Ubuntu has included on the CD a small collection of media files that can be used to show off a new Ubuntu system. This content has always included a sound and a video clip, both using the free Ogg Vorbis and Theora formats.