Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum' Versions

Posted by timothy on Monday December 20, 2004 @04:57PM from the when-they-meet-it's-a-happy-land dept.

prostoalex writes "Everyone's favorite Knoppix project will be split into light and maximum editions, which should end the argument on whether the Live CD operating system should focus on small footprint, or greater support for external applications." From the linked ZDNet article: "'We will split the mainstream edition of Knoppix into two versions: a 'maximum' DVD edition with a complete Debian installation, and a 'light' edition on CD that contains the most popular desktop and server software only, for older computers or smaller systems that don't have a bootable DVD drive yet,' said Knopper."

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Re:Who? by PatrickThomson · 2004-12-20 17:02 · Score: 0, Redundant

It doesn't touch the disks, and it's useful for disaster recovery without dismantling the machine. Next question?

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Re:Who? by zallus · 2004-12-20 17:03 · Score: 1, Redundant

A Live CD is configured to [usually] boot completely from RAM. In some configurations, it can even live there completely [the CD can be ejected].

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