USB bootable Linux distro geared for music?

[mid_life_crisis]

Has anybody found the title item? I have found the Ubuntu Studio release but when I create a USB copy it only offers install options. I want to try running one before I install it.

 

[MIJ-VI]

Has anybody found the title item? I have found the Ubuntu Studio release but when I create a USB copy it only offers install options. I want to try running one before I install it.

'Not USB-based but it's a 32 bit Live DVD:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9291898&postcount=182

EDIT:

A reduced version of 64 Studio is available as a Live CD.
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[seamonkey]

I didn't use it as a DAW, but I installed Ubuntu on a thumb drive and was amazed by the speed of it. There's no seek time. I got a 16gb thumb drive for $20 just to try it out
Ideas at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent

 

[fingertap]

You might look into Dyne:bolic

I use ubuntustudio and have used other distros, such as studio64...

Quotes from their site:

"...Dyne:bolic is user-friendly: recognizes your hardware devices (sound,
video, firewire, modem, network and USB) and offers a vast range of
software for multimedia production: audio and video manipulation, sound
composition and synthesis, 3D modeling, photography, peer2peer
filesharing, web browsing, veejaying, desktop publishing, word
processing, cd burning, email, encryption, anonymity tools and more....

:: WHAT IS DYNE:BOLIC ?

Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is a live bootable cd, containing a whole
operating system that works straight from boot, without the need to
install or change anything on the hard disk...."

I have not used this, however I understand that it runs well on older hardware...

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