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)
Re:Great! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Great! (Score:5, Insightful)
Sure there are other emergency rescue disks out there, but none of them are as complete as knoppix.
Re:Great! (Score:2)
Give that coworker a kick up the arse from me.
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Having encountered that problem, I no longer use it, but have instead built my own linux floppy on a standard 1.44MB format which has what I need (basically ext2, uclibc, busybox, lilo, grub, memtest, thin 2.4.18 kernel with some patches).
It's still a WIP, but I have some free space left on the filesystem, and I'm building upon it as I encounter scenarios.
[0] - Said scenarios[2] cr
Re:Great! (Score:2)
Whilst Knoppix is certainly a nice toy, for a sysadmin with a downed server Tomsrtboot is far preferable - it boots a hell of a lot quicker apart from anything else.
Great job! (Score:5, Informative)
Old news... move along (Score:1, Funny)
Knoppix is awesome BTW.
Main OS of a computer (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Main OS of a computer (Score:3, Informative)
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 im
Knoppix as an installer :) (Score:5, Informative)
(Upshot: there's a script called something like "knxhdinstall" which leads you through formatting hard drive etc, then transfers the Knoppix base OS and included apps. Previous Linux experience strongly recommended, but it's certainly easier than going in with zero experience with, say, regular Debian
I have used Knoppix as an installer for several machines; that's one reason I keep extra desktops around, for playing with different distros as we asymptotically approach The (mythical) Perfect OS.
It works well, but there are some glitches: with some versions of Knoppix, the hard-drive install method seems to jump between English version and German version, doesn't matter that I had the EN iso, doesn't matter that the system seemed otherwise localized to English
As a perpetual fumbler, this is the only way I have gotten Debian working well, and it was quick n' easy. Knopper deserves the computing version of the Nobel for this
timothy
It works for Gentoo, as well (Score:4, Informative)
See here [gentoo.org] for details.
Re:It works for Gentoo, as well (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Knoppix as an installer :) (Score:2)
number gone? Good! (Score:2, Funny)
So, if that sig is outdated, good -- I hope the whole operation dried up and shriveled away.
timothy
Knoppix Rocks (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:4, Interesting)
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Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:2)
Well, independent of Knoppix, they run slower on Linux--not because there is anything wrong with Linux, but because both of them are based on cross-platform toolkits, which seem to have been primarily tuned and optimized for Windows and for the way Windows does things.
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:2)
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Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:2)
The program they use to do that is called cloop (compressed loopback). It's cute :)
Re:Knoppix Rocks (Score:2)
A 1x CD does = 150k/s
So a 56x does 8400k/s
Unfortunately they doing get 56x across the whole disk but you get the idea....
Home dir on memory stick? (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Home dir on memory stick? (Score:5, Informative)
Or something like that. Feel free to flame & berate me at will.
Re:Home dir on memory stick? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Home dir on memory stick? (Score:2, Informative)
2.
3. USB memory stick- something like one of these [thinkgeek.com]
4. CD-R: CD-recordable- it's write only, meaning you can only change it once by burning something to it. Compared to the CD-RW, which is a CD-rewritable, which can be written more than once.
6. Boottime-when the computer starts up.
Re:Home dir on memory stick? (Score:3, Informative)
In many systems it is the only area that is writeable for you as a normal user (not running in admin mode)
For KNOPPIX - this means that all your settings will be carried around with you - But not all of your hardware condiguration - So you will be booting into 'your' desktop everywhere you go
All I need now is a supported stick
Wonderful! (Score:4, Informative)
Does anyone know if this latest version still has the odd bug where XP systems seem to boot incorrectly? This has been the major obstacle to getting it accepted at school - still worries about it affecting the computers.
Re:Wonderful! (Score:3, Informative)
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)
Does it come... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does it come... (Score:3, Interesting)
You're missing the point of using Linux (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:You're missing the point of using Linux (Score:2)
Fond memories (Score:2)
It printed "Login:" "Password:" and returned "Incorrect Password", writing out the collected info to a file.
Worked amazingly well, for it's simplicity - I had most everybody's password within a couple of days, even the computer teacher's.
Not a particularly original or clever hack, but it served the purpose, even way back when on an ancient printer terminal...
(Yes, Mrs. Fredericks, if you're reading this somehow, I was "PIGDOG". Sorry for t
Re:Does it come... (Score:2)
It's always struck me as fairly amusing that the first thing you do when you walk up to an NT box is to reboot it
english? (Score:4, Funny)
I think one can assume english is spoken if you're reading an english web site.
Re:english? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:english? (Score:3, Funny)
This translates to "Help! Where am I?!" for those whose grasp of the Finnish language is less than perfect.
Re:english? (Score:2)
Re:english? (Score:2)
default language (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Which version? (Score:4, Informative)
Knoppix is great (Score:5, Informative)
Downloaded yesterday (Score:5, Informative)
Anyone know when KnoppixKDE will be out? (Score:5, Informative)
KnoppixKDE doesn't have all the software that the full Knoppix distro has, but I generally find it to be a little more comfortable and much more unified.
The only thing that was missing (I think) in the last version was Scribus [altmuehlnet.de]. Scribus is a QT app that comes with Knoppix that looks like it may eventually be a good alternative to Pagemaker and perhaps QuarkExpress or InDesign. It's got a ways to go, but it's already quite useable for simple layout.
-Peter
Make your own KDE only version . (Score:2)
There are instructions on the site - look for "KnoppixRemastering"
Assuming you have the hardware and patience of course..
Re:Make your own KDE only version . (Score:3, Insightful)
-Peter
Re:Make your own KDE only version . (Score:2)
Request for Mirrors (Score:2)
How about a CDRW? (Score:5, Insightful)
Space would be at a premium I imagine but if you deleted some of the apps you dont use.... Now THAT would be pretty amazing.
Re:How about a CDRW? (Score:2)
Not a bad idea, but you'd only be able to rewrite using RW drives.
Where I'm putting my energies into is a better COW(Copy on Write) model for Knoppix, so I can apt-get particular applications as needed and have writability against
--Dan
Re:Should be possible (Score:2)
Good Marketing for Linux (Score:2, Interesting)
-- Rick
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.
Re:Check out Morphix ! (Score:3, Informative)
For what it has completed so far, though, it rocks, and I will be using it a lot whenever I have to use somebody else's PC at work. (Which is what I'm doing right now.)
I don't know what you mean by "available" (Score:3, Funny)
I don't know what you mean by "available" - I certainly can't find any mirrors that will respond
Re:I don't know what you mean by "available" (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I don't know what you mean by "available" (Score:2)
Whew. When I read that, I thought the rest of the sentence was going to say something like "I asked her out and she said no!"
Great! I'm buying a USB memory key today! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Great! I'm buying a USB memory key today! (Score:2)
Any computer! (Score:2)
Or a borrowed laptop! Any x86 machine!
G2 P2P link here (Score:2)
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:Y2YAXRLP4RZSMEYSWQMIQPBYP 5 GSJLKA.ST2KW6VMR5CX6XG5K4CQBQOBHLECCZFEGEALOTQ&dn= KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-03-23-EN.iso [magnet]
Note: You'll need a Gnutella program that supports magnet links to download this. I personally use Shareaza [shareaza.com]. It's not the newest version of Knoppix, but I've found it to be pretty stable.
Speed... (Score:5, Informative)
The boot speed is incredible, especially considering all the hardware detection it's doing. I'm up and running in about 30 seconds. Win2k takes at least 3-4 minutes, every time.
I've had little experience with Debian. People say it's faster, and now I see they're not kidding.
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!).
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Re:Speed... (Score:2)
You contradict yourself. First you say windows gets a speed boost from the hdd, then you say that windows is inherently faster. Since this is based on the premise of equal wallclock time, this creates a contradiction.
Also, AC posting is denied, which is annoying as I use the login form there - why is this?
Demo mode in other distros ? (Score:4, Insightful)
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
changelog (Score:2, Informative)
hey everyone, put this on gnutella :) (Score:2)
I didnt see one (Score:2, Interesting)
Advise for Nero Users (Score:2)
Re:Advice for Nero Users (Score:3, Informative)
Many use Nero with no problems... many however do have problems.
The Knoppix developers have some documentation on how to burn Knoppix CDs with Nero [leo.org].
Re:Advise for Nero Users (Score:2)
What did you use before?
Lesson of the day: never ever ftp an iso with anything but a brainful ftp client whose main purpose in life is to BE an ftp client - IE need not apply.
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)
Best part of Knoppix - customization ! (Score:2)
I created one that is console only, and boots to a Quake Team Fortress (original) server, with about 60 maps. I am currently trying to get a mod built for Morphix for this. My webserver can't handle the traffi
Re:Can I use to try Linux? (Score:4, Informative)
Yep (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Yep (Score:2)
However, don't make them r/w-able.
> (the software itself might even do this for you, but I don't know).
It does.
Re:Yeah, well... (Score:2, Informative)
http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net/
Re:Yeah, well... (Score:2, Offtopic)
Not mini enough? Did you miss the os news discussion on other linux distros [osnews.com] Check some of the ones listed there. Good luck!
Try ZipSlack (Score:2)
Believe in it: I put it onto a 120-MB laptop hard-drive and got it to run its 2.4.18 kernel on my amazingly non-decked-out AST PowerExec Laptop which has a 386/25 processor in it. Yes, the timer comes out at 6.something BOGOMIPS and it runs slowly, but it runs and FITS on a small piece of hardware.
I got the ZIPped version of the file onto the laptop HD by using an IDE-to-lapto
Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails (Score:4, Insightful)
Cheers,
Costyn.
Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails (Score:3, Funny)
"These distributed, multisource p2p apps are perfect for stuff like this."
Wanna bet 99% of the users don't bother with checksums? The words "massively parallel" and "r00t3d" aren't ones I'd like to see together in a sentence, thank you very much :-)
Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails (Score:2)
Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails (Score:3, Informative)
ed2k://|file|KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-03-24-EN.iso|731
(sorry, slash won't let me make a valid clickable link; and make sure you get the spaces out that slash puts in)
Cheers,
Costyn.
Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails (Score:2)
Re:nice but... (Score:2, Insightful)
1-The impressive automatic configuration
2-The quantity and quality of software included
3-The capability to read Linux and MS filesystems, including ext3 and reiserfs
In my home machine I just insert the CD and in a few minutes I have a Debian system running. It configures correctly all the hardware, the network card, Internet access, CD writer, sound card, VIDEO card, etc.
Last month I bought a new video card. I just let Knoppi
Maybe if you have *lots* of RAM... (Score:2)