Knoppix 3.2 Available 214
TheCrimsonUnbeliever writes "The latest version of Knoppix (bootable Linux distribution on CD) is out -
New features include: KDE 3.1.1 - XFree86 4.3 - Evolution 1.2.1 - OpenOffice
1.0.2 - KOffice 1.2.1 - The ability to
create a home directory on a memory stick or similar - More information is
available at the KNOPPIX
English homepage." If you're getting started with Knoppix (and speak English), you should also check out knoppix.net for the excellent forums hosted there.
Great! (Score:5, Interesting)
Main OS of a computer (Score:1, Interesting)
Knoppix Rocks (Score:5, Interesting)
Home dir on memory stick? (Score:1, Interesting)
Yay (Score:2, Interesting)
Knoppix is great for a sys where you can't install an OS. I still use my gentoo livecds for repair, but i never leave home w/out a knoppix CD. (I'm such a nerd)
Good Marketing for Linux (Score:2, Interesting)
-- Rick
Re:Does it come... (Score:3, Interesting)
Check out Morphix ! (Score:5, Interesting)
It's also nice because it's a clean Debian unstable whereas Knoppix was (i don't know about 3.2) based on a mix of stable/unstable packages.
You're missing the point of using Linux (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:4, Interesting)
Console-only hard disk install? (Score:2, Interesting)
While knx-hdinstall does a great job e.g. for instant exorcisms of Windows from any machine ;-) by installing a full-fledged KDE workplace from just one single CD, Knoppix also provides a nice console-based Linux when using a boot paramater such as knoppix 2 vga=ask.
Complete with samba and CUPS, in a heterogenous LAN this does have important advantages over a single-floppy Linux.
However, there does not seem to be an easy way yet to install just this "text mode" system through knx-hdinstall on a machine with low RAM and HDD, as the script always insists on using some 3 gigabytes of hard disk space, and filling it with loads of X stuff that may never be used. (There are other distributions without X, of course, but on the other hand there's no reason not to do it with Knoppix either.)
Has anybody successfully installed it without all of the X and KDE code on machines where startx will never be invoked, or maybe even modified knx-hdinstall for this purpose (without rebuilding the entire CD)?
Just like AOL trial cds.... (Score:3, Interesting)
I have sucsessfully switched only a few people over (they both dual boot and only use windows if needed) but if we all got a few people switched over
I didnt see one (Score:2, Interesting)
Works great, ultimate linux demo (more than demo?) (Score:3, Interesting)
This is great, because I get to try out the new XFree86 without bothering to install it on my HD. Fonts look better than before.
You know what wouldn't be too crazy... leave a knoppix CD in public workstations and have a computer startup the OS, connect to the network (DHCP) automatically. You're ready to go. You've got web browsing and Open Office, and multimedia.
Fantastic for new users (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Speed... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Speed... (Score:2, Interesting)
Maybe you should have pointed out that Windows is booting from a fast harddrive while Knoppix gets the CDROM drive, which is usually slower. Or maybe Windows is just faster (*gasp* Never!).