Linux platform for computing is difficult to understand for an average personal computer user, the traditional Microsoft Windows Operating System users especially find it inconvenient with excessive amount of options Linux presents.

There have been numerous cases for and against Linux desktop usage for personal computing. Individual users have some very diverse requirements from a computing environment. As against a business setup, where the tasks are well defined and laid out, individuals users tend to use computers for very different and often changing needs.

The choice of an operating system often results from the perceived ease with which these tasks can be accomplished. I would like to focus on Linux Live CDs as a way for an individual computer user to simplify computing. Live CDs started out as a marketing tool for different Linux “distributions” (or distro). A distribution in simple terms is a customized version of Linux. It is created by compiling and packaging software components geared towards a certain type of usage. All Linux varieties we see are certain distributions developed by a group of people or companies. They can choose the distribution to be commercial or free, general purpose or highly specialized.

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