This LiveCD or USB GNU/Linux distribution is a complete system for everydays work, and not only multimedia. It base on the very good SAM distribution wich is based on the famous PCLINUXOS wich is based on the well-known Mandriva distribution

Look the description !

• APODIO is a GNU/GPL project, a part of the GNU/Linux Mandriva family:
• APODIO uses a well known system operating the GNOME or Windowmaker desktops, which are well documented and recognized by the stable and growing Mandrake community.
• APODIO can easily and quickly be installed, as a whole, coherent, pre-set and instantly ready system on your computer, rather than a ramshakle combination of packages, And what you see as you use the LiveCD is also what you get after the installation.
• APODIO respects the ‘free’ software tradition because it fully supports Mandriva without upsetting Mandriva’s convenient software packages and administrative scripts and because the liveCD generative scripts are always accessible : once you have installed APODIO, you can generate a new liveCD out of your own installation, onto a CD or on a DVD.
• APODIO is a free project under GNU/GPL licence, that fully complies with the GNU spirit and standards, as it encourages knowledge diffusion and knowledge sharing in the practice of multi-media tools, rather than just replacing an economic dependency with a technical one. APODIO is part of a long term undertaking - not just a one off achievement.

APODIO can be installed on a Linux partition of at least 4 Gb (ext2, ext3) but it does not need to be installed on a hard disk (LiveCD)

• a 750 Mhz Pentium type processor
• 256 Mb of RAM
• a standard graphic card
• a 1024 x 768 pixels screen
• a sound card recognized by Alsa, cf: http://www.alsa-project.org
• a CD or DVD player
• a PS or USB mouse
• a PS or USB keyboard

Try the liveCD ! if it works as liveCD, you can safely install it on your hard disk !