Which live CD?

[Eric "Shubes"]

Steven G Wagner wrote:
>> I want a live CD or DVD that I can boot a machine with and not have any
>> problems playing mp3s, or any of the most common audio and video
>> formats.  Which one would would be best for my needs?
> 
> Depending on your degree of comfort with Linux, you might just want to
> create a minimal install (like...Gentoo!), add the items you want and make
> your own LiveCD. 
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_scratch
> 
> I've had good luck with Kanotix, but haven't used it for quite awhile. They
> just released a new stable .iso so you might want to check it out. This
> distro is geared towards being installed easily to hdd, if later you decide
> you'd like to keep it around permanently. If hdd install is far from your
> mind, Kanotix also offers a "lite" version.
> 
> http://kanotix.com/
> 

You might indeed have to 'roll your own', due to proprietary codecs.
Freespire "provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs". I
don't know if any of this proprietary software is included in their live cd
or not, but I doubt it.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'