Here is the list of LiveDistros, which is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive.

Red Hat Linux/Fedora-based

* Berry Linux
* Fedora installable Live CD. (GNOME or KDE)
* CentOS installable Live C

Debian-based

* DemoLinux (versions 2 and 3) - one of the very first Live CDs
* Finnix: a small system administration Live CD. A PowerPC version is available.
* Freeduc-cd, an educational live CD using Xfce realized with the help of UNESCO
* gnuLinEx: includes GNOME
* Gnoppix: includes GNOME
* GNUstep: works on i386, AMD64, and PowerPC
* Kanotix: installable Live CD.
* Knoppix, the “original” Debian-based LiveDistro.
* MEPIS: installable Live CD.
* Parsix GNU/Linux - includes GNOME and is focused on the Persian language
* sidux, sidux[1] based on Debian unstable (Sid), installable Live CD.
* Tuquito, created in Argentina
* Damn Small Linux, very light and small with fluxbox, installable Live CD.
* ULAnux/ULAnix, created in Mérida, Venezuela and available on CD/DVD and USB forms.

Ubuntu-based

There are based at least partially on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian

* gNewSense: supported by the Free Software Foundation, includes GNOME
* gOS a series of lightweight OS’s based on Ubuntu with Ajax based applications and other Web 2.0 applications, geared to beginning users. installable Live CD.
* LinspireLive (formerly LindowsLive), a trial version of Linspire
* Linux Mint: installable Live CD.
* openGEU: installable Live CD.
* Ubuntu, installable Live CD.
* Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, installable Live CD.

Knoppix-based

A large number of live CDs are based on Knoppix. The list of those is in the Variations section of the Knoppix article.

[edit] Gentoo-based

* iloog
* Jollix
* Kororaa
* Pentoo
* SabayonLinux - MiniEditions are full-featured Live CDs
* SystemRescueCd
* VidaLinux
* Ututo

RPM-based

* PCLinuxOS, installable Live CD. for desktop computing use.
* PLD Live CD and PLD RescueCD, based on PLD Linux Distribution.
* SAM Linux: installable Live CD. based on PCLinuxOS 2007 and Xfce.
* PCFluxboxOS: Lightweight distro based on PCLinuxOS with Fluxbox as the default window manager.
* openSuSE installable Live CD. Live-DVD
* Linguas OS: PCFluxboxOS-derived industry-specific distro for translators.

Mandrake/Mandriva-based

* MCNLive, mid-sized (300 MB) and for multimedia
* DemoLinux (version 1)
* Mandriva Linux, installable Live CD. GNOME and KDE editions available

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