dyne:bolic

dyne:bolic is a LiveCD Linux distribution focused on multimedia production, designed to let you record, edit, encode, and stream audio and video without installing anything to your hard drive. It provides a complete multimedia environment with tools for creative work, making it ideal for artists, musicians, and media creators. Early versions of dyne:bolic (1.x and 2.x) could run on modest hardware with an i586‑class CPU and as little as 64 MB of RAM, while version 3.0 recommended a Pentium II or better with at least 256 MB of RAM. The last release from the old 3.x line, 3.0 beta 4, appeared in September 2011.

After more than a decade, development resumed with dyne:bolic 4.0.0‑beta, released in March 2024. This new version is based on Devuan 5 with the Linux kernel 6.8 and introduces a modern desktop experience using KDE Plasma 5 with “Activities” tailored to different creative workflows such as streaming, audio, video, graphics, and publishing. As a 100 % free, live‑bootable system endorsed by the Free Software Foundation, dyne:bolic 4 continues the project’s mission of providing an accessible, multimedia‑ready platform without proprietary software.

Root password for version 4: dyne

Links: dyne:bolic homepage

Downloads

Version 1.4.1
dynebolic-1.4.1.isoISO
Version 2.5.2
dynebolic-manual.txtManual
README.txtReadme file
dyne-2.5.2.isoISO
Version 3.0.0 beta
README.txtReadme file
dynebolic-3.0.0-beta.isoISO
Version 4.0 beta
README.mdReadme file
dynebolic-4.0.0-beta.isoISO
dyne:bolic logo
dyne:bolic logo
dyne:bolic 3.0
dyne:bolic 3.0
dyne:bolic 2.0
dyne:bolic 2.0
dyne:bolic 1.0
dyne:bolic 1.0
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multiple apps
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