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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."

4 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Install ease? by croddy · · Score: 3, Insightful
    have you tried the debian installer?

    I mean, have you tried it in the past 18 months?

  2. Re:Open source bloat by trewornan · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Microsoft" does it with one disc

    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not a troll.

    Windows comes on one disc true!

    But then, to do anything useful you're going to need MS Office (3 disks), a development environment/compiler/toolchain (3 disks). . . So you're already at 8 disks and you're not even close to all the applications you get on most linux distros.

    Plus you've just spent >$200 on top of the cost of windows.

  3. Re:splitting? by agraupe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the question is: do all of us have a DVD *burner*? I don't yet, despite both my computers having DVD drives.

  4. go for it by Heisenbug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Totally off-topic, but I just got my first DVD burner, and I'm loving it. You should check out how cheap they've gotten -- I was surprised.

    http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Cat egory=10

    The burn-any-format drives are less than $50, and media is $35/100. That's definitely getting down in the why-the-hell-not range, for me ...