Most of these applications are lightweight but
serviceable utilities.
Puppy Linux is still a relative newcomer to bootable Linuxes, but it seems to have a good following
and fairly active forums and development efforts. Tools for configuring your network and detecting
devices seem to work better in KNOPPIX derivatives, such as Damn Small Linux, at the moment.
But look for these areas to improve as Puppy Linux develops.
Special-Purpose Bootables
As people begin learning about and playing with customizing bootable Linux distributions, I believe
more special-purpose distributions will begin to emerge. The eMoviX2 distribution (part of the
MoviX project) is an example of a distribution geared specifically toward a particular function (in
this case, playing video content that you package yourself with the distribution).
Here are examples:
Gaming distributions??”The GamesKNOPPIX distribution (http://games-knoppix
.unix-ag.uni-kl.de) is currently being developed and will be a collection focusing
on games.
Refer to Chapter 23 for descriptions of many open source games available today.
Windows applications distribution??”The SLAX project (www.slax.org), which is
based on Slackware, offers some good examples of special-purpose bootable Linuxes. By
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including WINE, DOSBox, and QEMU software, along with an easy-to-use KDE interface,
SLAX KillBill offers a special Linux system designed particularly to get Windows
applications running in a bootable Linux.
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