One of the coolest things that this currently available in the Linux world is the availability of 'Live Distrib¬utions.' These distros are specially made to run off a removable storage-mostly CD or DVD media and even normal USB thumb drives. The advantage of these live distros is that you can use them to boot into almost any machine with Linux without installing the operating system or disturbing any content already existing on the hard disks of the machine.

Live distros can be used for many things-learning Linux without sacrificing your Windows machine, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, network management and more. You also get tons of different 'flavors' of these distros specifically meant for certain tasks. Seeing the usefulness and popularity of Linux based live distros, you can now also create Windows based live media using both 3rd party or Microsoft provided applications.

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