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Knoppix 3.2 Available

Posted by timothy on from the if-pie-were-this-easy dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Great! by suyashs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yep, its a great system! I love the way that I don't have to rely on anybody's system configuration for my documents and information. Just pop in the disc and off I go!

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  2. Re:Great! by CoolVibe · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I tell ya, this thing is a live saver. It saved my ass in the colo the other day when a coworker decided to blow up /etc on a box. I was able to copy over the /etc tree from a working box across nfs, it saved the day.

    Sure there are other emergency rescue disks out there, but none of them are as complete as knoppix.

  3. Re:Knoppix Rocks by penguinboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Speed must vary greatly from system to system, then. I use Knoppix from CD on the lab computers (P4 1.7, 128MB RAM, no swap partition) at school occasionally and it runs quite well for web browsing and photo-editing with the Gimp.

  4. How about a CDRW? by pherthyl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if you had Knoppix on a CDRW? Would it be somehow possible to channel disk writes through a cd burning tool and save all your files directly to the cd?

    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.

  5. Re:Somebody hang Tomothy by his toenails by CvD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone should put it on Kazaa or eDonkey or somesuch. These distributed, multisource p2p apps are perfect for stuff like this.

    Cheers,

    Costyn.

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  6. Re:Make your own KDE only version . by pschmied · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, but why reinvent the wheel? :-)

    -Peter

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    . Penguins Surely Ca
  7. Great! I'm buying a USB memory key today! by aquarian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've been waiting for this "persistent home" version of Knoppix to appear. Now when I travel I may even be able to leave my laptop behind -- all I need is a Knoppix CD, and a USB memory key.

  8. Re:nice but... by dsfd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A friend said exactly that when I gave him a copy. Just try it and you will see:

    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 Knoppix generate the Xfree configuration files for it, rebooted Debian Woody and it is working fine. It is also an excellent tool to test new or second hand machines before buying.

    However, to be honest, I have to say that Knoppix hangs my new Toshiba 1900-303 laptop. This seems to be strage but it may happen.

  9. Demo mode in other distros ? by InodoroPereyra · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just wonder why is it that other distros don't follow the trend, use some of knoppix' technology and add a demo mode to their installers. People could boot off the CD, see a demo, and if they like it and their hardware gets successfully detected they can go ahead and install on the disk. If I remember correctly SuSE was doing it ? How about Mandrake and RedHat ? Are they going to catch up on this one ? It looks like the way to go !