Troy Dawson and Connie Sieh released, only one week after announcing the availability of Scientific Linux 5.3, the Live CD/DVD version of their distribution. Scientific Linux 5.3 Live CD/DVD will run on both i386 and x86_64 processor architectures. Being a Live version, the system boots directly from the optical media it was written on, without touching the hard drive.

Scientific Linux 5.3 Live CD/DVD can also run from a USB drive with changes permanently stored on an external device. Moreover, the Live CD can be mounted over NFS (Network File System), thus removing the need of a physical media. Of course, the system can also be easily installed on the hard drive.

Highlights of Scientific Linux 5.3 Live CD/DVD:

· Linux kernel 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5;
· openAFS client 1.4.7;
· Xorg 7.1;
· 3D desktop effects through Compiz and AIGLX;
· ALSA sound lib 1.0.17;
· GNOME desktop environment 2.16.0;
· KDE 3.5.4;
· IceWM window manager;
· OpenOffice.org office productivity suite 2.3.0;
· The Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.2.13;
· Mozilla Firefox 3.0;
· Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0;
· Evolution E-mail Client 2.12.3;
· Support for read/write NTFS partitions through NTFS-3G;
· The GParted disk partitioning utility;
· Reiserfs-utils;
· Testdisk;
· Partimage;
· Ddrescue data recovery tool.

About Scientific Linux

Scientific Linux is a distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and put together by many labs and universities around the world. It aims to create a common install base for experiments, reducing unnecessary effort. Labs can easily add modifications and create their own distributions without disturbing the base Scientific Linux release.

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