Knoppix 3.8.1 is Released

Bob the Anonymous Builder writes "The Knoppix LiveCD hit version 3.8.1, an update to the CeBIT Knoppix 3.8. The release features KDE 3.3.2, Gimp 2.2.4, OpenOffice 1.1.4, UnionFS, and the 2.6.11 kernel as default. The BitTorrent tracker is here."

Comments

Tracker in the summary

[wakejagr]

A good way to use the power of /.

KDE

[Nasarius]

It's got the latest versions of everything else, so why no KDE 3.4?

Re:KDE

[jeffreymsmith]

KDE 3.4 isn't being uploaded to unstable (sid) as it would complicate preparations for the upcoming (yes, still) Sarge release. However, (experirmental) KDE 3.4 packages are available by adding the following repository to your sources.list

deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.0/ ./

These debs are built by the usual Debian KDE packaging team, and have (for me) worked out fine. See also the Debian KDE maintainers' page on installing KDE 3.4

That said, those who want to try out a Live CD with KDE 3.4 might want to take a look at the recent Kubuntu 5.04 (hoary) release.

Re:KDE

[ravee]

Ubuntu or more specifically kubuntu is bringing out kde 3.4 in its latest version of distro.

I sort of like ubuntu and they also ship the cds free which contains a live CD too.

see slashdot news at :
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/ 08/ 1213250&tid=162&tid=121&tid=106

Seeding

[BandwidthHog]

Knoppix has helped me a few times to rescue systems for my friends foolish enough to keep using Windows. Since I've received great benefit at no cost, I keep a torrent of it perpetually running (almost 98GB to date). Even if you can't contribute code directly, you can use the bandwidth that you already pay for to benefit others and, indirectly, the Knoppix developers.

Karma... it's not just for slashdot any more.

Re:Seeding

[croddy]

Seeding (Score:1)
by BandwidthHog (257320)

:-)

FTP Links While they Last!

[keeleysam]

ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.8 .1-2005-04-08-DE.iso
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.8 .1-2005-04-08-EN.iso
If you have BitTorrent, PLEASE do dont use these.

From the changelog:

[keeleysam]

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

* V3.8.1-2005-04-08
- Lots and lots of package updates
- Integration of UNIONFS for full write support in the live session
- Capability + utilities for using loopback virtual disk drives on NTFS
(saving system changes and home directory permanently on disk)
- Kernel 2.6.11 (Kernel 2.4.x removed)
- ipw2100 and ipw2200 (Centrino WLAN) support
- RAlink rt2400 and rt2500 WLAN support
- ndiswrapper update
- FreeNX update (client and Server)
- Added: qemu, kwifimanager
- OpenOffice 1.1.4
- KDE 3.3.2 from Debian/unstable
- Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird from Debian/unstable
- Live updates/software installations can now be done via kpackage thanks to unionfs

I just installed Knoppix on a laptop the other day

[Toby_Tyke]

I was just given an old dell Latitude laptop a few days ago, and I tried a few distros on it. Fedora and Slackware both refused to play nice with the graphics card, so I tried booting from an old Knoppix 3.3 CD I had knocking around.

Needless to say, Knoppix not only booted but managed to configure everything automatically. So I just did a "$ knx-hdinstall".

Funny thing is, the install process was actually a damn sight easier than a lot of non-live distros.

Stupid female killed?

[rduke15]

Has that stupid/annoying/embarrassing woman, talking during boot and shutdown been killed at last, or at least silenced?

OK, I'm too hard. And maybe in real life, she's a really nice person. Let's just remove the audio file of her voice and hang the idiot who recorded it and put it on the CD.

Or is the above mentioned idiot Mr Knopper himself? Well, we don't want to hang _him_.

There must be a solution...