Knoppix Tips and Tricks

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Posted by michael on Sunday January 4, 2004 @01:51PM from the sweet-debian-goodness dept.

cosog writes "Robert Storey writes in a thorough review about Knoppix: 'Some people even take a Knoppix disk with them when they go shopping for a new computer, a clever way to ensure that the hardware will be Linux compatible before you purchase it.' His article discusses things like: booting, rescuing, installing on HDD, tips'n'tricks, etc... A nice read for everyone interested in Linux (and Knoppix in particular ;)."

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It seems like... by jdhutchins · 2004-01-04 13:56 · Score: 5, Funny

he's running whatever server this article is on off of one of those machines sitting on the store shelf, based on it responsiveness.
KnoppiXBox? by R33MSpec · 2004-01-04 13:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Now all we need is a Knoppix distro that loads automatically onto a demonstration Xbox at your nearest major retailer!

Oh the fun you could have especially if your playing on a big screen surrounded by huge Xbox signage!
Re:Slashdotted? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 14:03 · Score: 4, Funny

I think you need to fix your redirect script. I have clicked on your link multiple times and not gotten to goatse, tubgirl, lemonparty, etc. once.
Re:Dangerous by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-04 14:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, they've thought of that and built in a safety mechanism. On bootup, it asks the user whether they are Evil or not. If they say yes, it just powers down.
Re:Knoppix by Geek+of+Tech · 2004-01-04 14:25 · Score: 5, Funny

You mean Dungeons and Dragons is a system administration tool also?! Dang! Just when I thought I knew something.... Good thing slashdot is here to correct that....
Oww, you mean the command dd..... right.... I knew that....

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Re:I used knoppix at bestbuy by js7a · 2004-01-04 15:02 · Score: 4, Funny

I would be suprized if any of the salespeople noticed.
Re:Knoppix by john_smith_45678 · 2004-01-04 15:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Your hard drive has just crashed. Roll saving throw...

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Re:Knoppix by Guppy06 · 2004-01-04 16:03 · Score: 3, Funny
"You mean Dungeons and Dragons is a system administration tool also?!"

I can see the list of user rights now...
- has Mountain Dew
- has Cheetos
- can cast a spell
- - can cast "Magic Missile"
  - has materials for "Morton Kiden's Magical Watchdog"
  - has so totally cast "Morton Kiden's Magical Watchdog"
is in the room
- has ogre-slaying knife (+9)
is at the pub
- is getting drunk
- - gets to do girls at pub
Re:Knoppix by Grandmaster+Mort · 2004-01-04 16:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Jesus saves!...and takes half damage!

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Re:Knoppix by kelnos · 2004-01-04 17:35 · Score: 3, Funny

gets to do girls at pub
please, this is slashdot. ^_~

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Doug Gwyn's "Adventure Shell" by billstewart · 2004-01-04 19:25 · Score: 4, Funny

There seems to be a copy of Doug Gwyn's Adventure Shell here. It seems to date from 1986, back when we actually used text to communicate with Unix machines.

You are in a directory. A stairway called .. leads up. There are files here.

Get foo.

Throw foo at /dev/lpr.

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