GNOME Live Media

The GNOME Demos and LiveCD contain all the latest and greatest GNOME software and provide a great way to test GNOME without requiring to install it on your PC.

GNOME offers a number of different ways to test or try GNOME in the environment of your choice. These are all "Live" systems, meaning full Linux systems with GNOME included using various virtualization technologies. The current Live Media for download are based on GNOME 2.22 (release notes).

GNOME 2.22 Live Media available for download

GNOME LiveCD

Run GNOME on a computer without installing on your hard drive. Download, burn to CD, and boot your computer.

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VMware

Run GNOME in a VMWare Player in a Linux virtual machine. Download the VMWare Player here, and the GNOME 2.22 VMware Live Demo:

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QEMU and Parallels

Run GNOME on a virtual machine using QEMU on Linux or Parallels for Mac or Linux. Download the GNOME 2.22 Live Demo raw hard disk image:

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For more information, or to review past releases, visit the GnomeLiveMedia wiki page.