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Knoppix 3.3 Update, 3.4 C't Edition Are Out

hkfczrqj writes "Knoppix has two more children. The first, 3.3-2004-02-09, an update with kernel 2.4-24-xfs, KDE 3.1.5, Mozilla 1.6, XFree 3.4. Also, and more important I guess, Knoppix 3.4 c't edition is out (torrent here). It is supposed to have kernel 2.6!" And it does. If you're looking for a way to test your setup with a 2.6 kernel without trashing a current install, this is a good way -- but note that the ct edition Knoppix boots into German (Shift-0 gets you an =, as in "lang=us") and kernel 2.4; you'll need to type "knoppix26" at startup to boot the new kernel. (You may find the excellent forums at knoppix.net helpful, too.) Update: 02/10 01:03 GMT by T : Note that the XFree version is really 4.3, not 3.4.

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  1. XFree 3.4? by whenyouargue · · Score: 4, Funny

    that's quite a step back ;)

    it has 4.3

  2. You can just.... by twoslice · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shut your pi hole!

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  3. lang=not_us by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 3, Funny
    Shift-0 gets you an =, as in "lang=us"

    Shouldn't shift and 0 yield a right parenthesis with lang=us? Because of this, I'm guessing that Knoppix actually boots into lang=not_us.

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  4. Makes no sense to me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought I knew geek speek, but the line "Knoppix has two more children. The first, 3.3-2004-02-09, an update with kernel 2.4-24-xfs, KDE 3.1.5, Mozilla 1.6, XFree 3.4. Also, and more important I guess, Knoppix 3.4 c't",

    with its oddly placed apostrophes, version numbers with more than one dot, *ix variation, and references to kids and corn even threw ME for a loop!

    1. Re:Makes no sense to me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      with its oddly placed apostrophes, version numbers with more than one dot, *ix variation, and references to kids and corn even threw ME for a loop!


      So stop using ME... :)

  5. Re:Erste poste! by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a conflict between your RAM blocks and your chipset.

    You should either remove your chipset or all of your RAM. ;-)

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  6. Where is the rest of it? by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 1, Funny
    I don't thing that is all there is.

    Just put the rest on your own web site, and post a link to Slashdot...

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  7. Bahh... by 0x12d3 · · Score: 5, Funny
    (Shift-0 gets you an =, as in "lang=us")


    In my day, we had to write our bootable Linux cd's by hand... with only a hex editor --in German.
    1. Re:Bahh... by Caeda · · Score: 1, Funny

      Switches! Bah, who could afford switches! We had to directly cross the terminals with our fingertips every time we wanted it to do anything! Heck of a shock but good training not to do anything wrong...

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  8. Still can't install by aanand · · Score: 2, Funny

    For Christ's sake. It's version 3.3 and I still can't figure out how to install this thing on my computer.

  9. Lucky you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We had to carve the digital depressions in a molten-sand glass CD with a stone knife, not to mention start the laser beam with sparks from flintstones!

    Despite that, those were good times... there were no windows, just holes... hmm, nothing changed, it seems...

  10. Re:SUSE as well by dremspider · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this CLI you speak of? I am interested, I am a proud owner of SUSE 9.0. I currently use apt-get for most of my updates, including kde 3.2 which rocks, get it, it is so much faster. Anyway.. I did some preliminary googling and came up with nothing so a link, anything would be appreciated.

  11. You sound like a volunteer by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh wait, you'd rather just whine from the sidelines! I see, well, enjoy Longhorn when it comes out!

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  12. Re:it comes with the ct magazine by Tony-A · · Score: 2, Funny

    what everyone needs is an easy-to-install, easy-to-update, and easy-to-configure linux

    You mean like ... /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall

  13. Re:How many legs? by RdsArts · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should just get it over with and name the browser a symbol. Like Prince did.

    If anyone asks, it can be the BFKAFFFKAFBFKAPFKAM. (Browser formerly known as FireFox formerly known as FireBird formerly known as Phoenix formerly known as Mozilla)

    And it'd just be a apt-get install bfkafffkafbfkapfkam away. :)

  14. Re:Great tool by Talez · · Score: 4, Funny

    XFree 3.4 from Debian/experimental

    I know Debian is supposed to be behind but thats just plain ridiculous! :D

  15. The Big Deal? by bakreule · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you're looking for a way to test your setup with a 2.6 kernel without trashing a current install, this is a good way

    This isn't a troll (and perhaps a little off-topic), but I really don't see the fuss with upgrading to 2.6. The APIs are the same, the only thing that I can see that is different is module loading, but there's a tool that takes care of it automagically.

    Is it just not trusting a new kernel until it's been fully hammered out in the field?

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