clipped from http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php Primary Functions: Desktops: provides a working GUI desktop environment with a collection of desktop programs, such as browsers and text editors. Many also include utilities for other purposes, such as home entertainment, but are only listed here because the additional functions are not their primary focus. OS Replacement: provides an option to transfer the cd to the hard drive, or to install an OS in a different form Education: provides a collection of educational programs, or was created to be used in the educational field Rescue: provides tools needed for data recovery Clustering: provides tools for making clusters Security: contains network security tools Home Entertainment: geared towards playing video and audio Gaming: video games! Medical: contains medical programs Diagnostics: contains utilities for testing hardware Firewalls: distributions created to be used as firewalls Forensics: distributions containing f...