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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. 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!

  3. 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.
  4. 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