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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. 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.

  7. 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 !