I love PCLinuxOS - as a live CD and installed. A few versions ago OpenOffice.org wasn't on the LiveCD, which made it less useful for real work. Now it's back, I'm happy. I also use it to back up people's Windows drives (no silly "file is in use" messages), to feel more at home on other people's computers, for partitioning, for restoring a messed up grub or lilo, for browsing - it's amazing how often it recognises a wireless card from first boot, and to show off Linux - something I'm planning to do a lot this year as a business.

I'm hanging out for the next version, which is hopefully not too far away.

Adrian

PCLinuxOS for all the reasons that have already been mentioned

special mention should be given to Puppy Linux of course

Jase

One of my LiveCD requirements is HW detection, of course.

Mepis 6.0 gives me a good screen resolution automatically as well as fairly easy wireless connectivity. The choice of root or guest GUI login makes it both a tool and a toy --suitable for all ages & skill levels.

Runners up: MyahOS - logs me onto my wireless network without configuring at all! But it lacks some of the tools Mepis has.
Sabayon 3.2 LiveDVD -gorgeous, and even gives my laptop it's native 1280x800 automatically! But it can't get an Intel Pro2200 BG wireless connection going. . . And it locked up on me, forcing a denial-of-power to shut it off.
PCLinuxOS-BigDaddy - about a tie with Mepis, to be honest. Love the look, does the wireless automatically like Myah, has good selection of tools. But I am more familiar with Mepis, so Mepis wins.

grml. The best live CD out there for trouble shooting. Does one thing, and does it almost perfect.

Puppy is my choice for Live distro and Distro. Active development, great hardware support, ease of use, speed, and nice forum members make this ideal for newbies and gurus.

As Editor in Chief of the PCLinuxOS Magazine (mag (dot) mypclinuxos (dot) com) I may be a bit prejudiced, but after two years and more than 100 distros installed (or not in some cases), I settled on PCLinuxOS and haven't looked back. There are many other good distros, but this one meets ALL of my needs, and the forum is by far the friendliest I encountered during my long search for a Linux replacement for that other OS.

If you haven't tried it, please do and see if it meets your needs as it does mine. And hang loose, as 0.94 is due out soon.

(Even if you don't install/use PCLinuxOS, check out our magazine. You might find something useful there.)

Tim Robinson

PCLinuxOS, all the tools of knoppix and a large repo of additional software. Whats not to like?

Puppy - easy to mount drives, easy to network. Even I can do it!

Where is the option of Zenlive in the poll??

PCLinuxOS - because all my hardware was detected and configured automatically by even by the live CD.

Puppy! w00f! Because it is PRIMARILY a livecd linux distribution.

For a very light distribution, they put ALOT of effort to make the GUI nice, complete and useful. It has plenty of options for anything you're looking to do. I always have a Puppy CD near by.

Austrumi I think

I have converted more people with my sabayon disk than any other livecd. I work for a communications company, and while troubleshooting internet problems, I toss in Sabayon. I get more ooohs and aaaahhhs with the beryl cube flying around. It's eye candy, yes. But it's perty.

Dyne:Bolic for its uniqueness.

if you use linux and still want to use linux then use puppy ... but , if you use linux and still want to use windows somewhere then use pclinuxos ...

to think about it further , dsl can also be considered as the first catergory linux ... hmm , whatever ...


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