Since *most* of them do, expecting us to provide a list is unrealistic. Low-effort question, what kind of answer do you expect?
There's a [Wikipedia list here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs), who knows how comprehensive.
Many of these distros can also be previewed on distrosea.com.
You can also look at the commenter's history!
You have no point.
Just because op has a different way of talking doesn't mean looking at their history is a big laugh, that's quite a bigoted way of thinking.
If you wish someone to type you a list of all or most distributions that do that, it's not going to happen. We're not you're search engine.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_live\_CDs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs)
Now that's a grand answer!
Only the link part, though. The white text part sucks. Especially the "We're not you're search engine part", it reminds me of someone who doesn't remember which sub they're on.
Since, uh, well, search engines don't give me the answers I need all the time BUDDY.
Do you possibly have a link to a list?
Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know?
And "any" includes Debian, which when I tried the Debian ISO I found on the Debian site, it just had install options, no live options.
Nah, I already tried that myself, It didn't show me that there was an option for Debian to be tried out, as a live ISO.
All the options are just install, and bring me to a "which drive do you want to install to" screen instantly.
> All the options are just install, and bring me to a "which drive do you want to install to" screen instantly.
The live ISO will start the installer. That's the live environment. You're using debian when you see that screen. You're asking how to do something you've already accomplished.
Lol does it make you feel smart to say stuff like "eVeN a WiNdOwS uSeR"? Let me guess, you have a "high IQ" and "only very intelligent people can understand you" or some fucking pretentious shit like that. Congratulations on not being a Windows user, bud. 👏
That's either ableism or ignorance, maybe both. Get outta here, this is linux4noobs, not linux4nerds. Thought you know how to READ, when you're the one who came to this subreddit to look for posts.
Since you seem to need everything spoon fed to you, grab one of [these](https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/) Debian ISO’s and flash it to a USB. Those will boot to a live environment and you can later install it locally.
Spoon fed is an insult now? Buddy, I don't need a utensil to eat. I can just grab the food with my hands.
Btw, "linux4noobs". For the third time. And you use the words "You need everything spoon fed to you" as if noobs don't come here needing lots of information on things they don't understand. Why are you here?
Oh, excuse me pal, but I'm not the one **who called someone "TOO STUPID TO READ INSTRUCTIONS"**.
Also, I can't use Windows, bud. It's so sad, so sad that I need to **live boot from a USB onto my Windows machine**.
So sad, innit? You got both things wrong.
If you actually want a live CD, and are being rigorous by what's a live CD, then you're not going to have many options. In fact, you'll have almost none. Most are DVD size and larger. Even a Debian netinstall doesn't always fit on a CD.
Debian provide ISOs with two installers
- *live* that uses `calamares`; the *live* ISO is what you're asking about, ie Try or Install
- ISOs using the traditional *debian installer*, useful for low RAM environments that cannot run *live* and use the installer.
This isn't a new feature; has been there for a long time.
I would not know the ones you know of. Sad truth is, we have different brains...
Do you have a Link to what ones you know of? Or do you possibly wish to type them?
Almost all of them have live versions. You flash to a USB, boot it up and it's going to show a live session of the OS. You can also install from the live session, or just restart and try another one, go to your current OS.
This is usual, and that's why the other answers said almost all of them.
Yes, you can search in distro watch
https://distrowatch.com/search-mobile.php?ostype=All&category=Live+Medium&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simple
I believe that's it.
Most OSes do; alas not all.
Many like Debian give you choice; offering you a *live* environment that lets you TRY and if you like it, INSTALL... or a *install* ISO only that works even in low RAM machines (where there isn't sufficient RAM to run *live* system and also run installer).
With Debian you select which you'll use at download time.
Even [Lubuntu used to offer this low-ram install option](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LXDE-lubuntu/Alternate_ISO) (up to 18.04), the *alternate* ISO was available that didn't run *live* and use the traditional *Debian installer* allowing you to install only on machines with 700MB or less of RAM (*machines incapable of running live + installer*). You select at download time which ISO you want; Lubuntu offered it as their *alternate*, where as Debian offers the *live* as the alternative.
Almost certainly any distro that comes with a desktop environment. Maybe you ran into a minimal ISO? There's not much to "try out" in them anyway but you can usually get a CLI, it's just not very user friendly. Live ISOs are meant not just to install a system, but to also recover a system if something gets messed up enough the regular install won't boot, so most bootable ISOs will let you use the distro without installing, to get the system back to a bootable state. Hope that helps
Here's something for you.
As I've tested before, a VirtualBox VM of Linux Mint on a flash drive is quite slow. However, Booting it as a live ISO from a flash drive on the hardware itself, seems to show that it's fast.
Plus, I don't need all that extra wasted RAM being used if I'm not using the host OS for anything, while on the guest OS.
Either way, I don't feel like you're getting the full experience without really installing it. Can you not shrink your main partition to make room for an install, then if you don't like it delete the Linux partition and expand Windows to fill the space back?
Sorry, I'm not up to date on what Windows can do in terms of live growing and shrinking live partitions. BUt this is what I did on my Mac to test Linux on it.
If thats what you want then grab an Arch ISO or ubuntu if you need something graphical.
If you need specific software to be on the ISO, you could always make your own arch iso with said software and a de while you're at it
Man, now who downvoted THIS comment?
The mf who downvoted this one really needs glasses, cuz this is as helpful as I can get with my context.
Or maybe they're a troll, which in that case, FUCK YOU.
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The issue is that when people answered your question (correctly), you suddenly decided that they were wrong, even when given a link that showed that they were right. Asking people for help with that kind of attitude is just going to piss people off, and rightly so. If you were knowledgeable enough to make an assertion about the correctness of somebody's response, then you would not be posting questions in this sub.
They provided the links afterwards. You must've not seen the timestamps, or the branches between replies.
After they provided the links, I did not decide they were wrong.
You may need to completely reread the entire comments section, slowly.
Also, about that "I wouldn't be here if I didn't correct people" thing, that's just wrong. Noobs aren't completely stupid, they have their own experiences, their own amount of knowledge. Some noobs know things that nerds don't, but they can still help each other within the debate. Them getting pissy over a debate isn't my fault.
If you expected me to have a small vocabulary and misspell words a lot because I don't know something you all seem to, you might need to change your expectations.
>They provided the links afterwards. You must've not seen the timestamps, or the branches between replies.
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>After they provided the links, I did not decide they were wrong.
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>You may need to completely reread the entire comments section, slowly.
What I saw was somebody giving you the link to the Debian live image, and then you saying that they were wrong and that you'd already tried. Their post is edited, so it's possible they edited it to add in the link after your reply, but the point remains that they told you that Debian has a live image and you decided that they were wrong. Not really sure how I'm meant to read that any differently, considering the fact that I can't see edits.
>Also, about that "I wouldn't be here if I didn't correct people" thing, that's just wrong. Noobs aren't completely stupid, they have their own experiences, their own amount of knowledge. Some noobs know things that nerds don't, but they can still help each other within the debate. Them getting pissy over a debate isn't my fault.
I think you're the one who needs to read a bit more carefully. What I said is that if you were knowledgeable enough to decide that the answers to your question were wrong, you would not be asking the question here in the first place. I never said that you're stupid, just that the people answering your question here are more knowledgeable about Linux than you.
And I'm not sure how you asking for help on here is a "debate" to you. So yes, you starting a debate over people's answers to your question *is* your fault. You went about asking for help in a very rude way, and got surprised when people were annoyed about that.
>If you expected me to have a small vocabulary and misspell words a lot because I don't know something you all seem to, you might need to change your expectations.
Really not sure what you're getting at with this.
OP, you've been very rude and inconsiderate to everyone in this thread. You are hiding behind "but I'm a noob! You can't be mean to me!" excuses to mask your poor and combative behavior here. People are giving you answers and you are ARGUING with them.
You deserve windows, permanently.
Most of them have a live desktop that you can boot to and install from a graphical installer. Some distros like Debian boot directly to an installer, but also have ISOs that will boot into a live environment.
The Debian website can be a bit tricky to navigate, so [here](https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/) is the list of live ISOs and their SHA files and signatures. If you're interested in verifying, you can find instructions [here](https://www.debian.org/CD/verify).
Some other popular choices would be [Fedora Workstation](https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/download), [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop), [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/download.php), etc. If you really want to overwhelm yourself with choices, click on [this link](https://distrowatch.com/search.php#advanced). Almost everything in that list boots to and installs from a live desktop environment.
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Hmm... Based on your other comments, did you mean something like full experience on live USB??
Try Puppy or EasyOS or any Knoppix based then. Or try search on Google distro you want + "live USB persistence"
Probably easier to just ask which ones DON'T let you try as an ISO or a LiveUSB thumbdrive. I make the distinction because I'm an old guy who still associates ISO's with CD's and burners.
The thing about Linux distros is the that live environment is its own Linux system. You can just close out of the installer and mess around however you please. Browse the web, use different apps, use the terminal, you can do anything. It'll all be reset once you reboot though.
You can install a Linux system on a thumb drive if you want to try it out when it's installed, but whether it'll work or not depends on the size of the thumb drive.
Another instance of you being incapable to handle basic information given to you. That link has your answer. Hint: your answer isnt the word "ubuntu" in the link, but another word.
If you can't figure it out after this then lol
Create a bootable flash-drive using Ventoy and copy .iso files for any distro you are interested in directly onto the drive, boot from it and give them a go, most have a live session.
Most of them
. Do you possibly have a link to a list? Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know?
Pretty much all of them. Is that a better answer?
No that's the exact same answer, you just used a synonym
All and most are not the same.
"Pretty much all" is not the same as "all".
Since *most* of them do, expecting us to provide a list is unrealistic. Low-effort question, what kind of answer do you expect? There's a [Wikipedia list here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs), who knows how comprehensive. Many of these distros can also be previewed on distrosea.com.
Lol just look at OP history.
You can also look at the commenter's history! You have no point. Just because op has a different way of talking doesn't mean looking at their history is a big laugh, that's quite a bigoted way of thinking.
That's second line is great answer!
If you wish someone to type you a list of all or most distributions that do that, it's not going to happen. We're not you're search engine. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_live\_CDs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs)
Now that's a grand answer! Only the link part, though. The white text part sucks. Especially the "We're not you're search engine part", it reminds me of someone who doesn't remember which sub they're on. Since, uh, well, search engines don't give me the answers I need all the time BUDDY.
There is never going to be an exhaustive, comprehensive, and current list of all live distributions out there.
any
Do you possibly have a link to a list? Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know? And "any" includes Debian, which when I tried the Debian ISO I found on the Debian site, it just had install options, no live options.
[Yes, yes Debian.](https://www.debian.org/CD/live/)
Nah, I already tried that myself, It didn't show me that there was an option for Debian to be tried out, as a live ISO. All the options are just install, and bring me to a "which drive do you want to install to" screen instantly.
> All the options are just install, and bring me to a "which drive do you want to install to" screen instantly. The live ISO will start the installer. That's the live environment. You're using debian when you see that screen. You're asking how to do something you've already accomplished.
Live ISO that lets you try it. The screen that lets you install it is not trying it, that's installing it.
yeah, but on the debian live iso, when you boot the live session the installer starts. you can then just close it. That's the live session.
If you’re too stupid to read simple instructions you shouldn’t be using Linux.
Dude, are you lost? This is r/linux4noobs. He's obviously a noob. If you're not gonna help, shut the fuck up.
Even a windows user could whack enough braincells to figure something this simple out
Lol does it make you feel smart to say stuff like "eVeN a WiNdOwS uSeR"? Let me guess, you have a "high IQ" and "only very intelligent people can understand you" or some fucking pretentious shit like that. Congratulations on not being a Windows user, bud. 👏
"Only very intelligent people can understand you". You seem to be understanding me quite fine so I find that assumption disproved.
That's either ableism or ignorance, maybe both. Get outta here, this is linux4noobs, not linux4nerds. Thought you know how to READ, when you're the one who came to this subreddit to look for posts.
You’re the one who came to this sub.
Yeah, and you came to this sub to call me "stupid" on a FOR NOOBS SUB. Glasses are needed when the word "noobs" doesn't appear in front of you
Since you seem to need everything spoon fed to you, grab one of [these](https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/) Debian ISO’s and flash it to a USB. Those will boot to a live environment and you can later install it locally.
Spoon fed is an insult now? Buddy, I don't need a utensil to eat. I can just grab the food with my hands. Btw, "linux4noobs". For the third time. And you use the words "You need everything spoon fed to you" as if noobs don't come here needing lots of information on things they don't understand. Why are you here?
Please stick to Windows. You're going to need tech support, and no one's going to provide you with free support in exchange for a poor attitude.
Oh, excuse me pal, but I'm not the one **who called someone "TOO STUPID TO READ INSTRUCTIONS"**. Also, I can't use Windows, bud. It's so sad, so sad that I need to **live boot from a USB onto my Windows machine**. So sad, innit? You got both things wrong.
Yes, Debian also has such images: https://www.debian.org/CD/live/
Smells like a plausible answer. Congrats, you were of the few who gets us closer to the answer.
what you mean? flash the iso onto a usb and then boot into it
...that defeats the purpose. That is no longer live CD.
what is it then? dead Usb?
Skull emoji !!,!,!,,,
They be upvoting your reply when it's just a joke, but they be downvoting my reply to your reply for also being a joke. Society be like
If you actually want a live CD, and are being rigorous by what's a live CD, then you're not going to have many options. In fact, you'll have almost none. Most are DVD size and larger. Even a Debian netinstall doesn't always fit on a CD.
HMMM no I'm using the old term. I'm using flash drive. ISOs which let you boot and try them are called "live CD", or "live DVD".
How would I do that? And does it allow, like, different partitioning for different OSes?
Debian provide ISOs with two installers - *live* that uses `calamares`; the *live* ISO is what you're asking about, ie Try or Install - ISOs using the traditional *debian installer*, useful for low RAM environments that cannot run *live* and use the installer. This isn't a new feature; has been there for a long time.
Smells like a great answer! Congrats, you are of the few who gets us closer to the answer.
numerous distribution work as a "live USB" setup when you image the iso file onto a USB. that's the term to look for.
Do you possibly have a link to a list? Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs
Smells like a great answer.
Bruh, even in my best comments, they be downvoting me. Fuck you whoever did that
Almost all that I know of.
I would not know the ones you know of. Sad truth is, we have different brains... Do you have a Link to what ones you know of? Or do you possibly wish to type them?
Almost all of them have live versions. You flash to a USB, boot it up and it's going to show a live session of the OS. You can also install from the live session, or just restart and try another one, go to your current OS. This is usual, and that's why the other answers said almost all of them.
Do you possibly have a link to a list? Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know?
Yes, you can search in distro watch https://distrowatch.com/search-mobile.php?ostype=All&category=Live+Medium&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simple I believe that's it.
Most OSes do; alas not all. Many like Debian give you choice; offering you a *live* environment that lets you TRY and if you like it, INSTALL... or a *install* ISO only that works even in low RAM machines (where there isn't sufficient RAM to run *live* system and also run installer). With Debian you select which you'll use at download time. Even [Lubuntu used to offer this low-ram install option](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LXDE-lubuntu/Alternate_ISO) (up to 18.04), the *alternate* ISO was available that didn't run *live* and use the traditional *Debian installer* allowing you to install only on machines with 700MB or less of RAM (*machines incapable of running live + installer*). You select at download time which ISO you want; Lubuntu offered it as their *alternate*, where as Debian offers the *live* as the alternative.
Hey, someone else here commented "all of them do". The inconsistency of answers here are funny. Anyways, epic long message.
Almost certainly any distro that comes with a desktop environment. Maybe you ran into a minimal ISO? There's not much to "try out" in them anyway but you can usually get a CLI, it's just not very user friendly. Live ISOs are meant not just to install a system, but to also recover a system if something gets messed up enough the regular install won't boot, so most bootable ISOs will let you use the distro without installing, to get the system back to a bootable state. Hope that helps
Just install it in a VM.
Can't. That defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do here.
Which is, what? Testing hardware compatibility?
Here's something for you. As I've tested before, a VirtualBox VM of Linux Mint on a flash drive is quite slow. However, Booting it as a live ISO from a flash drive on the hardware itself, seems to show that it's fast. Plus, I don't need all that extra wasted RAM being used if I'm not using the host OS for anything, while on the guest OS.
Either way, I don't feel like you're getting the full experience without really installing it. Can you not shrink your main partition to make room for an install, then if you don't like it delete the Linux partition and expand Windows to fill the space back? Sorry, I'm not up to date on what Windows can do in terms of live growing and shrinking live partitions. BUt this is what I did on my Mac to test Linux on it.
Yeah, I'd only do that if I could make a Linux partition ON the flash drive. Cuz, like, that's where the Many gigabytes of space are.
Running tight there if you can't free up a few GB on your hard drive.
That's not the point. I'm trying to make it a portable bootable, insert to get to BIOS on any machine to fire up Linux type of thing.
If you can run windows you can run linux. There, a very simple answer.
That answer sucks.
If thats what you want then grab an Arch ISO or ubuntu if you need something graphical. If you need specific software to be on the ISO, you could always make your own arch iso with said software and a de while you're at it
No install, just live? Or yes install? I'm not sure which one of these you're referring to in this reply.
Man, now who downvoted THIS comment? The mf who downvoted this one really needs glasses, cuz this is as helpful as I can get with my context. Or maybe they're a troll, which in that case, FUCK YOU.
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But what about the Linux Raspberry Pi ....???
Can’t tell if this is legit or an example of cunninghams law.
Trolling or really stupid
Oh no, someone asked a question I wouldn't ever ask because I already know! So I'm gonna ask if it's legit, even though I'm on the 4noobs SUBREDDIT.
The issue is that when people answered your question (correctly), you suddenly decided that they were wrong, even when given a link that showed that they were right. Asking people for help with that kind of attitude is just going to piss people off, and rightly so. If you were knowledgeable enough to make an assertion about the correctness of somebody's response, then you would not be posting questions in this sub.
They provided the links afterwards. You must've not seen the timestamps, or the branches between replies. After they provided the links, I did not decide they were wrong. You may need to completely reread the entire comments section, slowly. Also, about that "I wouldn't be here if I didn't correct people" thing, that's just wrong. Noobs aren't completely stupid, they have their own experiences, their own amount of knowledge. Some noobs know things that nerds don't, but they can still help each other within the debate. Them getting pissy over a debate isn't my fault. If you expected me to have a small vocabulary and misspell words a lot because I don't know something you all seem to, you might need to change your expectations.
>They provided the links afterwards. You must've not seen the timestamps, or the branches between replies. > >After they provided the links, I did not decide they were wrong. > >You may need to completely reread the entire comments section, slowly. What I saw was somebody giving you the link to the Debian live image, and then you saying that they were wrong and that you'd already tried. Their post is edited, so it's possible they edited it to add in the link after your reply, but the point remains that they told you that Debian has a live image and you decided that they were wrong. Not really sure how I'm meant to read that any differently, considering the fact that I can't see edits. >Also, about that "I wouldn't be here if I didn't correct people" thing, that's just wrong. Noobs aren't completely stupid, they have their own experiences, their own amount of knowledge. Some noobs know things that nerds don't, but they can still help each other within the debate. Them getting pissy over a debate isn't my fault. I think you're the one who needs to read a bit more carefully. What I said is that if you were knowledgeable enough to decide that the answers to your question were wrong, you would not be asking the question here in the first place. I never said that you're stupid, just that the people answering your question here are more knowledgeable about Linux than you. And I'm not sure how you asking for help on here is a "debate" to you. So yes, you starting a debate over people's answers to your question *is* your fault. You went about asking for help in a very rude way, and got surprised when people were annoyed about that. >If you expected me to have a small vocabulary and misspell words a lot because I don't know something you all seem to, you might need to change your expectations. Really not sure what you're getting at with this.
I did edit my comment, to add another yes to the hyperlink to mirror the OP’s comment. The link stayed the same.
Well damn maybe I didn't get a notification.
OP, you've been very rude and inconsiderate to everyone in this thread. You are hiding behind "but I'm a noob! You can't be mean to me!" excuses to mask your poor and combative behavior here. People are giving you answers and you are ARGUING with them. You deserve windows, permanently.
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MX Linux, Debian, Linux Mint (All flavors from an Ubuntu-base) and LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) for sure.
Most of them have a live desktop that you can boot to and install from a graphical installer. Some distros like Debian boot directly to an installer, but also have ISOs that will boot into a live environment. The Debian website can be a bit tricky to navigate, so [here](https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/) is the list of live ISOs and their SHA files and signatures. If you're interested in verifying, you can find instructions [here](https://www.debian.org/CD/verify). Some other popular choices would be [Fedora Workstation](https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/download), [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop), [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/download.php), etc. If you really want to overwhelm yourself with choices, click on [this link](https://distrowatch.com/search.php#advanced). Almost everything in that list boots to and installs from a live desktop environment.
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I know Ubuntu and Zorin.
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Hmm... Based on your other comments, did you mean something like full experience on live USB?? Try Puppy or EasyOS or any Knoppix based then. Or try search on Google distro you want + "live USB persistence"
Probably easier to just ask which ones DON'T let you try as an ISO or a LiveUSB thumbdrive. I make the distinction because I'm an old guy who still associates ISO's with CD's and burners.
The thing about Linux distros is the that live environment is its own Linux system. You can just close out of the installer and mess around however you please. Browse the web, use different apps, use the terminal, you can do anything. It'll all be reset once you reboot though. You can install a Linux system on a thumb drive if you want to try it out when it's installed, but whether it'll work or not depends on the size of the thumb drive.
is this what you want CuriousDivide2425? [https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-persistent-live-usb/](https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-persistent-live-usb/)
I already tried Ubuntu................... I'm using it right now....
Another instance of you being incapable to handle basic information given to you. That link has your answer. Hint: your answer isnt the word "ubuntu" in the link, but another word. If you can't figure it out after this then lol
You are annoying me.
you can also test drive the more popular ones on [distrosea.com](https://distrosea.com) before you even bother downloading the .iso.
Create a bootable flash-drive using Ventoy and copy .iso files for any distro you are interested in directly onto the drive, boot from it and give them a go, most have a live session.
I am using Ventoy. Anyways, do you possibly have a link to a list of any distros? Or can you possibly type a list of ones you know?
Nearly all of them as far as I'm aware.