<s>
dyne:bolic	B-Application
GNU/Linux	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Live	O
CD/DVD	O
distribution	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
manipulation	O
and	O
broadcast	B-Operating_System
of	O
both	O
sound	O
and	O
video	O
with	O
tools	O
to	O
record	O
,	O
edit	O
,	O
encode	O
,	O
and	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
multimedia	O
specific	O
programs	O
,	O
dyne:bolic	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
word	O
processors	O
and	O
common	O
desktop	O
computing	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termed	O
"	O
Rastasoft	O
"	O
by	O
its	O
author	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
entirely	O
on	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
recommended	O
and	O
endorsed	O
by	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
dyne:bolic	B-Application
is	O
created	O
by	O
volunteers	O
and	O
the	O
author	O
and	O
maintainer	O
Jaromil	B-Application
,	O
who	O
also	O
included	O
multimedia	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
MusE	B-Language
,	O
HasciiCam	O
,	O
and	O
FreeJ	B-Application
in	O
the	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dyne:bolic	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
Live	O
CD/DVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
older	O
and	O
slower	O
computers	O
,	O
its	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
optimized	O
for	O
low	O
latency	O
and	O
for	O
performance	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
distribution	O
suitable	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
production	O
and	O
turning	O
PCs	O
into	O
full	O
media	O
stations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dyne:bolic	B-Application
can	O
be	O
extended	O
by	O
downloading	O
extra	O
modules	O
such	O
as	O
development	O
tools	O
or	O
common	O
software	O
like	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
SquashFS	B-Application
files	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
directory	O
of	O
a	O
dock	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
burnt	O
CD	O
and	O
are	O
automatically	O
integrated	O
at	O
boot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PC	O
with	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
or	O
AMD	O
K5	O
(	O
i586	B-General_Concept
)	O
class	O
CPU	O
and	O
64	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
an	O
IDE	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
is	O
sufficient	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
dyne:bolic	B-Application
1.x	O
were	O
ported	O
by	O
co-developer	O
Smilzo	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
game	O
console	O
,	O
multiple	O
Xbox	B-Application
installations	O
could	O
be	O
clustered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Pentium	B-Device
II	I-Device
or	O
AMD	O
K6-2	O
class	O
processor	O
,	O
256	O
MB	O
RAM	O
and	O
an	O
IDE/SATA	O
DVD-ROM	O
drive	O
are	O
recommended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
GNU	B-Application
GRUB	I-Application
bootloader	O
or	O
edit	O
an	O
existing	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Booting	O
from	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
is	O
supported	O
,	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
,	O
currently	O
dyne:bolic	B-Application
3.0	O
Beta	O
4	O
,	O
uses	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
3.0.1	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
DVD-ROM	O
image	O
of	O
1.65	O
GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
is	O
used	O
as	O
desktop	O
interface	O
,	O
Grub2	O
as	O
the	O
boot	O
loader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
being	O
2.5.2	O
,	O
uses	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
2.6	I-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
a	O
CD-ROM	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xfce	B-Language
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
desktop	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
used	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
2.4	I-Operating_System
on	O
a	O
CD-ROM	O
image	O
,	O
and	O
brought	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
"	O
nests	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
docks	O
"	O
on	O
hard	O
disk	O
or	O
USB	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
present	O
in	O
dyne:bolic	B-Application
1.x	O
,	O
but	O
dropped	O
later	O
on	O
were	O
:	O
</s>
