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Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum' Versions
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."
I'm sorry... who is Jeremy Zawodny and why should I care if Knoppix is his favorite live cd? As far as I can tell, he's a MySQL bigshot, and that's not really saying so much, all things considered.
More importantly, perhaps, is why does the submitter seem to think he's "everybody"?
More to the specific point of the article, I still fail to see the allure of Live CDs. Does Knoppix actually boot without touching the hdds on the system, or does it do some footprinting on the disks? If it does use disk space - for virtual memory, for example, it's rather useless for anything other than a demo of Linux. While that's great if you're, say, demo'ing Linux for someone who's interested in moving to it, I don't understand what other practical purpose it serves that so much time should be devoted to it?
I can't be the only Slashdotter with this question. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?
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