One of those distributions is Dynebolic, which rose in popularity a decade ago just as it ceased development. The great news for those who used to like Dynebolic is that the distribution is back.
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From the official announcement: “Ten years have passed and today we are back with a brand new Dynebolic 4.0 based on Devuan 5 “Daedalus”, live-boot and the Linux kernel 6.8 series.”
But what does it mean when I say “portable”? You’ve probably heard of the “live” distribution if you’ve used Linux. A live distribution allows you to run the operating system and its apps from the system’s RAM. You don’t have to install the operating system, so it doesn’t make a single change to your hard drive. With a live distribution, you can take Linux out for a test drive and, when you’re finished, reboot your machine, remove the USB drive, and boot back into your original operating system.
Live distributions are commonplace in Linux and have been around for some time. With Dynebolic opting to take the live route, anyone can boot into the operating system, create multimedia projects, save them to an external drive, and — when they’re finished — reboot the machine back to the installed operating system.
Consider Dynebolic your on-the-go creative workstation. You could visit a friend’s house, boot Dynebolic on their PC, do whatever you need, save your work, reboot, and your friend’s computer returns to its original state.
I enjoyed creating content in Dynebolic. You can jump in right away with Audacity, creating audio with ease. For more advanced audio needs, there’s JACK and Ardour7, both powerful tools.
Dynebolic is a brilliant take on the multimedia workstation. By making it 100% portable, without the ability to install it on a system’s hard drive, you can be certain the operating system will function as expected and you’ll have a creative tool that travels well.
You can download the latest ISO of Dynebolic, create a bootable USB drive, and start using this creative workstation wherever you need.