Knoppix 3.9 Released 486
GuyRiley writes "The Debian-based live-cd Linux distribution Knoppix
has been updated to version 3.9.
Among the most notable changes are the update to kernel 2.6.11 and the inclusion
of OpenOffice 2.0 BETA and KDE 3.4. This is likely the last single-CD version
of Knoppix before the split
into 'Light' and 'Maxi' versions. Torrent links here."
Re:Better, please. Not bigger (Score:5, Informative)
splitting? (Score:5, Informative)
T2 @Live is a nice alternative (Score:4, Informative)
It even comes with D-BUS / HAL integration for auto mounting and equally perfect hardware detection.
As usual with the System Development Environment (SDE) T2, you can automatically rebuild it, optimized for your CPU - or even other architectures.
Re:Install ease? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Install ease? (Score:3, Informative)
if you really must install knoppix, it comes with a utility to do so.
but believe me when I say the Debian Sarge installer is going to produce a cleaner, leaner installation, with about the same amount of finger-lifting.
Re:Open source bloat (Score:4, Informative)
That said, how many CDs does M$ need to install an office suite, development IDE with associated tools, and operating system? Last I checked, it was at least three, ignoring the fact that Visual Studio has more CDs than Debian does (unless you're using some REALLY obscure packages with no net connection).
Re:Install ease? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:My reason (Score:1, Informative)
Re:How Does Knoppix Work with Filesystems? (Score:1, Informative)
Because there are other benefits to NTFS, such as being able to use files over 4GB, useful if you have large video files particuarly DV files which can be huge. Another is that Windows won't let you format FAT32 partitions over 32GB, though this is a Windows issue and not an inherent limitation of FAT32. There are probably other good reasons but those are off the top of my head.
Re:Install ease? Follow this challenging steps (Score:5, Informative)
Boot from the Knoppix CD
Open Konsole
type su
type knoppix-installer
answer the prompts
reboot
Done.
Re:Knoppix? (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.gnoppix.org/ [gnoppix.org]
for a gnome based live cd,
it's not from quite the same base as knoppix (they now seem to be working with Ubantu), but still pretty damn good
Re:Install ease? (Score:3, Informative)
This allows for the installation to be easily upgraded (just get the new version of Knoppix), while using your computer mostly like normal because you can save and modify files normally.
See details on Poor Man's Installs here [knoppix.net].
Re:Now Knoppix-STD...? (Score:3, Informative)
Watch the video on the Whoppix site, 0 to cracking WEP in 10 minutes. Way cool video to watch.