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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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    From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
  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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    True story.
  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!

  5. 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.
  6. 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. :)

  7. 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