Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals.

Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD or as a rescue system. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk, although this option is also available (it needs 1.2GB of hard disk space). Berry Linux is based on Red Hat Linux and Knoppix.


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Here are some key features of "Berry Linux":

· Support for Kernel-2.6. ALSA, ACPI, selinux.
· Overlay Filesystem Support.
· Berry Linux is not necessary to install. (Root partition is in the ramdisc using initrd, all commands are operated by being transfered from CD-ROM)
· Install without parting patitions on Windows to use install.bat. (Using cloop/loopback device)
· It's possible to install Berry Linux on hard disk. (Use Berry Linux Installer or Copy under /BERRY/, and set up LILO)
· Berry Linux can boot from USB-HDD/memory.
· Berry Linux uses WHIZ, a very sharp Kana-Kanji conversion system. (WHIZ Project)
· Automatically recognizes USB storage, and show icons.
· Berry Linux uses free Japanese True Type Fonts.
· Berry Linux uses bootsplash when booting.
· Berry Linux uses DHCP to connect the Network. (If you'd like to use PPPoE, you should setting up it on the Terminal)
· It's possible to save personal setting.
· Red Hat Fedora compatible.
· Using new technologies.
· You can listen to mp3 using XMMS, and play DVD/DivX using MPlayer and XINE.
· You can edit files of Microsoft Word, Excel by OpenOffice.

Berry Linux Mini's Features:

· Minimum Linux enviroment is available by using Berry Linux Mini.
· Its file size is very small. (148.0MB)
· It's light. Because of the Window Manager is Fluxbox.
· You can enjoy comfortable Linux enviroment.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Based on Fedora 12

· Kernel 2.6.32.9 SMP + ndev/udev + bootsplash
· glibc 2.11.1
· gcc 4.4.3
· Busybox 1.15.3

· KDE 4.4.0 (Fedora 12/Stable)
· AIGLX/X.Org 1.7.5
· SLiM 1.3.1 (LoginManager)
· SRWare Iron 4.0.275.2 (Based on Google Chrome)
· Firefox 3.6 (Japanese and English)
· Thunderbird 3.0.3 (Japanese and English)
· Samba 3.4.7
· Wine 1.1.38
· lxterminal 0.1.6

· Removed Sylpheed 2.5.0 (Japanese and English)
· Removed rxvt-unicode 9.06