Guest JaseP Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 I tried Knoppix for the first time. Version 3.3. I booted it up on my XPee laptop (Work requires XPee). I got the disk at my LUG meeting. All I can say is SWEET. This is the best way to introduce new users to Linux. It boots up a very functional, and well put together KDE desktop... and even lets you store info on a local drive if you had it formatted as a DOS drive (I didn't so wasn't able to try that feature out). So DL your copy of Knoppix today or get it from a friend. Make copies. spread them around. The more people using Linux, the better. Once they are comfortable that Linux is user friendly, introduce them to your favorite distro. For $0.50 per copy (the price of the CD-R), it's a good way to spread Linux goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 I agree, knoppix is rather cracking!!! Great for doing proper work on someone elses computer, anyone with an interest in scientific apps might like to check out quantian - built on knoppix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 i thought morphix is also good since it allows you to build your own modules. and yes it is also built on top of knoppix. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 As CD distros go, Slackware Live CD looks fantastic, I didn't really like Morphix much and had real difficulties getting it to boot on a fujitsu laptop (worked fine on my thinkpad though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 I downloaded it today and thinking of installing it on either my laptop or reg. pc. Has anyone done this yet and how is it as a permnant distro? It use apt so I figure if I wanted to get gnome 2.4 all I would have to to is apt -get gnome? It is KDE based isnt' it? FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 If you do a HDD install of knoppix you'll end up with something a LOT like debian, I haven't tried it personally but know of several people who have and they like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 boot: knoppix lang=en Use that for the hardware install in english. http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html http://www.knoppix.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Thanks peeps and yes Cyber I did have the DE version. I looked in the folder that I had it in and sedn what version I had downloaded. FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 FX, did you manage to install from the cd to your pc/laptop? did it work? I tried with Morphix but could not get my PC to boot after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 I just tried it out and its really rocking. The HW detection was muich better than my 9.1 Cd's and practically everthing worked 'except my nvidia networking :-(' I also reinstalled 9.1 on a different disk and repeated that. I'm halfway through trying desperately to get the alsa working full duplex. I gave up on my own kernel... downloaded the source corresponding with the build of the rpm's and all I did was edit the Makefile extra version (to remove the custom string) and .... add support for HIMEM .of and K7. and thats it... unresolved damned symbols. bah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Leo: No I didn't. Really didn't know how to with my windows partition and all. I didn't wan't to destroy that. So I am still runniing RH 9. FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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