= What is a LiveCD ? =

 From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live-CD Wikipedia]::
   A live CD or live DVD is a CD or DVD containing a bootable
   computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they
   have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system
   on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive.

= SoCLib's Live-CD =

On the SoCLib Live-CD, you'll find:
 * a bootable Linux system
 * a complete working SoCLib with its dependencies (SystemC, SystemCASS, SDL, ...)
 * cross-compilers
 * a video tutorial, explaining how to build a hello-world platform from scratch
 * example platforms, with full netlists and embedded software source:
  * platforms from the tutorial
  * a simple platform involving interrupt handling, with 1 or 4 processors
  * a parallel Motion-JPEG decoder using [wiki:Tools/Dsx DSX]
  * a simple [http://www.lua.org lua] shell under [wiki:Tools/Mutekh MutekH]
  * an H264 decoder
  * a TLM-T simulator running the famous DOOM game under [wiki:Tools/Mutekh MutekH]

= Get your copy =

You can simply [wiki:GetAccount get an account] if not already done, then download [http://www.soclib.fr/livecd/soclib-livecd-2009_04_22.iso the ISO file].

= Use the image =

You can either:
 * burn it on a CD, and boot a computer from the CD,
 * Run [http://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox], [http://www.vmware.com/ VMWare], QEMU or other virtualization software; and boot straight from the image, without burning it.