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

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Who? by PatrickThomson · · 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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  2. Re:Who? by zallus · · 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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  3. The great thing about Knoppix... by blackula · · Score: -1, Redundant

    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.

  4. bad call by rsheridan6 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now how am I going to show off linux to someone who doesn't have a bootable DVD?

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