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Knoppix 3.9 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the new-toys dept.

GuyRiley writes "The Debian-based live-cd Linux distribution Knoppix has been updated to version 3.9. Among the most notable changes are the update to kernel 2.6.11 and the inclusion of OpenOffice 2.0 BETA and KDE 3.4. This is likely the last single-CD version of Knoppix before the split into 'Light' and 'Maxi' versions. Torrent links here."

7 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Better, please. Not bigger by Seumas · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can see the confusion in the way the article blurb is written, but no - we're not talking about a multi-CD Knoppix. We're talking about a split, leaving us with two CDs to choose from. One, the reduced "light" version. The other, the full shebang, on one DVD.

  2. splitting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nobody said anything of swapping CDs. The Mini version will be the usual LiveCD, while the Maxi version will be a LiveDVD, so, where the heck is the CD changing? Works like normal. And today, most of us should have a DVD drive anyway, dont we?

  3. T2 @Live is a nice alternative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since aternatives keep up innovation, there is also a KDE 3.4 and such shiny new LiveCD http://www.t2-project.org/live/ from the T2 Project (http://www.t2-project.org/).

    It even comes with D-BUS / HAL integration for auto mounting and equally perfect hardware detection.

    As usual with the System Development Environment (SDE) T2, you can automatically rebuild it, optimized for your CPU - or even other architectures.

  4. Re:Open source bloat by rincebrain · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can install Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, or Red Hat (off the top of my head, probably Mandrake too) off of a single CD, given an internet connection...and even that's not completely necessary.

    That said, how many CDs does M$ need to install an office suite, development IDE with associated tools, and operating system? Last I checked, it was at least three, ignoring the fact that Visual Studio has more CDs than Debian does (unless you're using some REALLY obscure packages with no net connection).

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    It's only an insult if it's not true.
  5. Re:Install ease? by DavidLeeRoth · · Score: 3, Informative

    Helpful tip: knx2hd to install user qtparted for partitioning

  6. Re:Install ease? Follow this challenging steps by imperious_rex · · Score: 5, Informative

    (as done in Knoppix 3.7, don't know about 3.9)
    Boot from the Knoppix CD
    Open Konsole
    type su
    type knoppix-installer
    answer the prompts
    reboot
    Done.

  7. Re:Knoppix? by danfreak · · Score: 4, Informative

    check out

    http://www.gnoppix.org/

    for a gnome based live cd,
    it's not from quite the same base as knoppix (they now seem to be working with Ubantu), but still pretty damn good