MCNLive is a Live CD

Live CD

A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

 and Live USB

Live USB

A live USB is a USB flash drive or a USB external hard disk drive containing a full operating system that can be booted. Live USBs are closely related to live CDs, but sometimes have the ability to persistently save settings and permanently install software packages back onto the USB device...

 Linux distribution

Linux distribution

A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

 based on Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux is a Linux distribution distributed by Mandriva. It uses the RPM Package Manager...

. It is a desktop system. It contains graphical wizards to put it on a USB key, the copy2ram feature to speed things up.

MCNLive features the KDE

KDE

KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...

 desktop environment and includes Internet applications, video, music and imaging software, games, networking tools and the KOffice

KOffice

Calligra Suite is a graphic art and office suite by KDE created from KOffice in 2010. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones...

 suite.

See also

• Lightweight Linux distribution
• List of Linux distributions that run from RAM

External links

• Official site, in Dutch
• English homepage