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Knoppix 3.6 released
An anonymous reader writes "Knoppix-3.6 has been released. It is supposed to have the announced FreeNX Server, Kernel 2.4.27 and 2.6.7, KDE 3.2.3.
It also includes ndiswrapper to use windows drivers for wlan cards.
Download using bittorrent tracker at http://torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/.
Remember: Leave your bittorrent client running after the download is finished!
Distribution to ftp mirrors will follow tomorrow."
but whatever happened to 3.5?
The trick is to create an adaptive iso making program that has the ability to cut out things you don't need (or add as necessary [new dependencies etc]). Like I don't forsee myself needing a 3 different browsers an E-mail clients.
I understand the Knoppix people try to make good decisions for everyone, but in practice we just end up with yesterday's software today. Just like Debian. Now I know I got marked as troll for saying all this in my parent post, but I really don't care. I used Debian for a long time before I got tired of it and switched back to a source based distro (Gentoo) where you don't have to wait around for people to package and make binaries.
Binaries are great, in theory. But they only work in Windows and Mac because of the centralized distribution. Linux is just too decentralized to be used as a binary OS. Knoppix livecd being based off of Debian was a horrible choice. Mark me as troll again, but that's my belief.
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
That is exactly what we plan on doing for the 2005.0 release.
Stay tuned for more details...