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494 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution KnoppMyth I ve added KnoppMyth here because it represents a new and interesting class of bootable Linux distributions. MythTV is a fairly complex set of software used to configure an entertainment center that can include a personal video recorder (complete with downloaded local TV listing and tools for managing recording and playback), music player, weather center, and tools for getting news and other information. KnoppMyth is a CD distribution based on KNOPPIX that is intended to help simplify getting a MythTV installation up and running. Boot up KnoppMyth, answer a few questions, and MythTV is installed on your hard disk. KnoppMyth also includes another nice feature: a MythTV front end. With MythTV configured on a computer on your LAN, you can use the KnoppMyth disk to boot up a MythTV front end. That way you can use your MythTV entertainment center from any TV on your local area network. Dyne:bolic The Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux live bootable CD (www.dynebolic.org) provides a full range of multimedia production tools on a single bootable operating system. The distribution is intended for artisans who want to create and work with a variety of digital media: audio, video, digital images, HTML, and so on. Tools included with Dyne:bolic include MuSE, TerminatorX, GDam, SoundTracker and PD (for mixing and streaming audio). Video editors include Kino, Cinelerra and LiVES. For 3D modeling, there is Blender. For image manipulation, Dyne;bolic includes GIMP. Bluefish is included for creating Web pages. Tiny Desktops A small CD, shaped in the form of a business card, can fit in your wallet. A USB pen drive can hang from your keychain. There are whole bootable Linux distributions that let you boot up a desktop with which you can connect to the Internet, browse the Web, play music, send and receive e-mail, do instant messaging, write documents, and work with spreadsheets. And they can do all that in about 50MB of space on a removable medium. CD business cards are really just regular CDs that have been cut into the shape of a business card. Depending on the one you choose, it can hold from 40MB to 52MB of data. A mini-CD can hold about 180MB of data. You can purchase these CDs in bulk from many locations that sell regular CDs, and you can play them in any CD drive. (However, it s best to use these CDs in trays that have a mini-CD inset because they have been known to fly loose and break CD drives.) Many bootable Linuxes these days are either based on KNOPPIX or the Bootable Business Card project (www.lnx-bbc.org). I know of several Linux Users Groups that have tailored their own bootable business card projects from the lnx-bbc.org Note
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