The Ark Linux team has announced the release of the first test version of Ark Linux Live, a Live CD edition of the Ark Linux operating system.

Ark Linux Live is designed to be as close to the "normal" version of Ark Linux as possible - and is built from the same source code.

There are a couple of known problems with this CD image, most notably non-English languages are not working in non-KDE applications, and the kernel spews some [harmless but dangerous looking] error messages at bootup. These (and other bugs that will possibly show up) will be fixed before the release of Ark Linux Live 2006.1.

The primary uses of a Live CD are:

* Recovering a normal system after a big hardware or software failure (Ark Linux will launch a special live CD for this purpose later, with more recovery tools and fewer other tools)
* Checking the system out without any risk
* Showing others what Linux is like, on their own hardware
* Taking your favorite operating system with you - e.g. to get on the net with Linux even if you're on vacation and the only internet cafe in town is a Microsoft shop

While it is possible to use Ark Linux Live as your primary operating system, that is not recommended - use Ark Linux Home instead.

Ark Linux and Ark Linux Live can be downloaded at http://www.arklinux.org.


Source : Technology News Daily