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Knoppix 3.7 Released

Posted by michael on from the burn-baby-burn dept.

twener writes "Version 3.7 of the bootable GNU/Linux Live CD Knoppix has been released and is available via Bittorrent or on the Knoppix Mirrors. Some of the new features are lots and lots of package updates including KDE 3.3.1, Kernel 2.4.27 + 2.6.9 (w/ ACPI), Java security update (1.4.2_06) and more supported graphics cards."

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  1. The good thing about Knoppix updates by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you need to roll back the latest distro because of some bug, you can just pop the old CD back in the drive.

    I use Knoppix on several of my main database servers.

  2. changing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    * V3.7-2004-12-08
    - Lots and lots of package updates
    - Kernel 2.4.27 + 2.6.9 (w/ ACPI)
    - KDE update: 3.3.1 from Debian/unstable
    - FreeNX 0.2.5 (Fabian Franz)
    - Java security update (1.4.2_06)
    - added a few graphics cards entries
    - added menu entry for SAMBA-browsing
    - isdntool-knoppix for text+GUI based ISDN configuration (will replace isdn-config soon)
    - removed some docs to keep iso image size down (this took awfully long)

    ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX-CH AN GELOG.txt

  3. Re:I find distributions like Knoppix stupid by �berhund · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yeah, maybe a troll, but I can see how some might not see the benefits of a versatile boot disk. There are two main general uses: (1) rescue disk, (2) fully functional OS for PCs you don't want to modify (be it a damaged OS, the wrong OS, or something you just don't have a login for).

    Handy uses for Knoppix:
    -Burning CDs, perhaps as data recovery before wiping a system
    -Want to check your webmail, but don't want your friend's/relative's spyware infested PC shoveling your passwords
    -Scanning Windows for viruses (great irony)
    -Reading and writing NTFS partitions
    -Somebody's (your?) PC is just hosed, and you don't have the time to fix it right now.

    And you can do crazy stuff with it. Once I set up a security webcam with it, downloaded and compiled "motion", to record only frames where motion was detected, and wrote the images out to an NFS share. All on a Windows PC I didn't have a login for.

    All in all, it does pretty well as "the only bootable disk you'll ever need", rather than having separate boot CDs/floppies for Linux grub/lilo repair, virus scanning, etc. And it does lots of things that standard rescue disks can't.

    --
    -Uberhund