Want to take Linux for a spin? Forget partitions, dual-boot setups and live CDs: The new Ubuntu Windows installer lets you run the Linux distro while keeping the rest of your system intact.
In other words, it's like a live CD without the CD. Just run the installer, which in turn downloads a disk image of Ubuntu (actually, your choice of four Ubuntu distros), and then reboot your PC. Choose the desired boot option from the menu that appears, and presto: You're running Linux. This is a working prototype, not a finished product, so user beware. It didn't work on my Vista box (I discovered after the fact that Vista isn't supported yet), but it ran like a gem on an XP system. Great way to run Ubuntu without the hassles of partitioning or burning a live CD!
Full details HERE.
Source : Lifehacker
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Fedora 6 Zod Live CD
Boot Linux from a CD with the new Fedora 6 Zod live distro from Red Hat.
The Fedora 6 live CD includes Linux 2.6.18, the GNOME 2.16 desktop environment and a wealth of tools and applications. The advantage of a live CD, of course, is that it lets you fully experience the OS without actually installing anything on your hard drive. It also makes for an awesome system-recovery tool.
The free Fedora 6 live CD is distributed as an ISO file; you'll need a program like Nero or ISO Recorder to burn it to a blank CD. For now the program requires an i386-based PC (i.e., a Windows or Linux box).
Take a look HERE.
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Power supplies die. You never know when it's going to happen, but it's always at the worst possible time. You hit the power button and your PC just sits there. Idle. Quiet. Dead. At least hard drives have the courtesy to make that wrenching death-rattle when the end is near. But not power supplies: They just give up the ghost. Poof.