Slax: Your Pocket Operating System

Slax is a fast, small, portable Linux distribution taking a modular approach that gives you the ability to easily add on your favorite software. Just download a module with the software, copy it to Slax -- no installing, no configuring.

See it in action:

TheMacWizard posted the following video on YouTube demonstrating Slax on his Macbook (running Leopard 10.5.4).

PenDriveLinux also posted a demo of Slax on his Windows machine.

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