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'''DemoLinux''' was one of the first [[Live CD]] [[Linux distribution]]s.
It was created by [[Roberto Di Cosmo]], Vincent Balat and Jean-Vincent Loddo, in 1998.<ref name=linuxjour>{{cite web |date=2000-06-13 |title=Linux for the Timid, Part 4 |last1=Gagné |first1=Marcel |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5317 |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=July 2023 |reason=Source needed for the year}}

The DemoLinux CD was created to make it possible to use Linux without having to install it on the hard disk.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2001-10-17|title=DemoLinux 3.0, distribution Linux qui s'execute directement depuis un CD est disponible|url=https://www.clubic.com/actualite-42865-.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Clubic.com|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921200318/https://www.clubic.com/actualite-42865-.html |archive-date=2020-09-21 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2000-03-05|title=Linux/Se è senza installazione è DemoLinux|url=https://www.punto-informatico.it/linuxse-senza-installazione-demolinux/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Punto Informatico|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804235419/https://www.punto-informatico.it/linuxse-senza-installazione-demolinux/ |archive-date=2020-08-04 }}</ref> It was the first Linux Live CD that made it possible to use the system in graphic mode and without any stage of configuration.

There are [[List of live CDs|many other Live CD Linux distributions]] today. DemoLinux can be considered to be the ancestor of [[Knoppix]].

DemoLinux offered the user hundreds of applications (among them [[KDE]] and [[StarOffice]]), owing to using to a compressed file system. The CD could be used without any modification to the hard disk; however, the user could use space on the hard disk to store their personal data and install additional applications using the distribution's standard tools. Version 1 was based on Mandrake Linux (now [[Mandriva Linux]]), while versions 2 and 3 were based mainly on Debian. These later versions made it possible to install Linux on the hard disk. DemoLinux thus provided a very simple installation procedure for Debian and became a forerunner of later Linux distributions.

DemoLinux has been distributed with many [[computer magazine]]s in several countries. It is still downloadable from the official website, but has not evolved since 2002.

{{clade sequential
 |1=[[Red Hat Linux]]
 |2='''DemoLinux'''
 |3=[[ALT Linux]]
 |4={{clade sequential
    |1=[[TinyMe]]
    |2=[[Granular Linux]]
    |3=[[Phinx]]
    |4=[[PCLinuxOS]]
    }}
 |5=[[SAM Linux]] → [[SAMity Linux]]
 |6=[[BlackPanther OS]]
 |7=[[OpenSLS]] → [[Annvix]]
 |8=[[Unity Linux (Mandriva fork)|Unity Linux]]
 |9=[[Mageia]]
 |10={{clade
     |1=[[OpenMandriva Lx]]
     |2=[[Mandrake Linux]] → [[Mandriva]]
     }}
 |11=[[ROSA Linux]]
 }}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100418160132/http://www.demolinux.org/ Official website]

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[[Category:Discontinued Linux distributions]]
[[Category:1998 software]]