Toorox is a Mandriva-based minimalist distribution with the Openbox window manager

Toorox is a Gentoo-based live DVD which boots into a KDE desktop using KNOPPIX hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration technologies.

It is a useful tool for backing up data, browsing the Internet anonymously, or taking a first look at the capabilities of Linux.

The live DVD can be installed to a hard disk with the help of a simple graphical installer.

The Toorox installer is now able to set up your /home folder on another partition and you can install the bootloader into a single partition or a floppy disk.

There's a new entry in Systemconfig - Mobile Broadband, where you can configure your mobile UMTS connection and bring it up. All packages for a PPTP VPN connection were included and you can configure it via NetworkManager and the nm applet. KFTPgrabber was replaced with gFTP and there is a new audio mixer - mixxx."

Updates: (via Distowatch):

Jörn Lindau has announced the availability of two new editions of Toorox, a Gentoo-based desktop distribution: "A new version of Toorox has been finished - but this time there are two new variants. The 'Xfce' edition with the lightweight and fast Xfce desktop 4.8.0. The desktop environment needs fewer resources and runs well on older hardware, or lightning-fast with new hardware. The installed applications are the same as of the 'KDE' or 'GNOME' editions. The 'Lite' edition - also with Xfce 4.8.0 - but this one has been shrunk. All of the huge applications have been either removed or replaced by smaller alternatives. Removed Ardour, Cinelerra, GIMP, Samba, IcedTea, Wine, kernel sources. Replaced LibreOffice with AbiWord, IceCat with Midori, Thunderbird with Claws-Mail."

Read the rest of the release announcement .

Download (MD5) the live DVD images via BitTorrent: Toorox_08.2011-32bit_XFCE.iso (1,331MB), Toorox_08.2011-32bit_LITE.iso Toorox_08.2011-64bit_XFCE.iso (1,507MB), Toorox_08.2011-64bit_LITE.iso (816MB). for further details. (768MB),

Recent releases:

• 2011-08-10: Distribution Release: Toorox 08.2011 "Xfce", "Lite"
• 2011-07-02: Distribution Release: Toorox 07.2011
• 2011-06-10: Distribution Release: Toorox 06.2011
• 2011-03-30: Development Release: Toorox 03.2011
• 2011-02-27: Distribution Release: Toorox 02.2011
• 2011-02-09: Distribution Release: Toorox 01.2011

Toorox is a Gentoo-based live DVD which boots into a KDE desktop using KNOPPIX hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration technologies. It is a useful tool for backing up data, browsing the Internet anonymously, or taking a first look at the capabilities of Linux. The live DVD can be installed to a hard disk with the help of a simple graphical installer.