knoppix 5.0 is out...

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John,

Thanks for the update on Knoppix. My enthusiasm is less
than normal for Knoppix because I'm really tired of having
questions and no place to get answers -- which includes the
WWW.KNOPPIX.NET forums and various Debian newsgroups. I
have two Knoppix books (Wiley's Knoppix for Dummies and
Hacking Knoppix) that leave more questions than answers.

I guess what I'm saying is that until there is some first
class documentation, Knoppix is of little use to me. Such a
pity, because I have two applications that Knoppix (or other
Linux LiveCD) would be very helpful.

In all fairness, Knoppix is not the only LiveCD that gives
me pains. Ubuntu (latest version) will only boot in Safe
mode, won't detect or use my 1280x1024 display system, and
won't let me setup a printer.

Perhaps I'm expecting too much.

Dave,
 
Dave Boland said:
John,

Thanks for the update on Knoppix. My enthusiasm is less than normal for
Knoppix because I'm really tired of having questions and no place to get
answers -- which includes the WWW.KNOPPIX.NET forums and various Debian
newsgroups. I have two Knoppix books (Wiley's Knoppix for Dummies and
Hacking Knoppix) that leave more questions than answers.

I guess what I'm saying is that until there is some first class
documentation, Knoppix is of little use to me. Such a pity, because I
have two applications that Knoppix (or other Linux LiveCD) would be very
helpful.

In all fairness, Knoppix is not the only LiveCD that gives me pains.
Ubuntu (latest version) will only boot in Safe mode, won't detect or use
my 1280x1024 display system, and won't let me setup a printer.

Perhaps I'm expecting too much.
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Hi Dave, Like you, I`ve had endless problems with Linux.
I`ve just D\loaded K\Ubuntu (yes both).
They both boot nicely, and give me the option to install to
H\drive. That`s a great improvement, `cos I`ve always had GFX
problems before.
I still can`t resolve my printer\scanner\copier problems tho`.
And there is no hope for my creative x-FI sound card, until
mid 2007.
Sadly these are not the Linux communities` fault.
If the manufacturers, ie. Epson, and Creative won`t release
the code to the open source programmers, they can`t produce
what we need, YET.
It will happen though. It`s just a case of being patient.
 
John said:
Dont run into conclusions too fast...

Ok Linux doesn't have the friendliest GUI, but MS has its own problems;
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Very true. However, when I went to the Knoppix site, I couldn't find
anything in English. Is this strictly German or is there an english
version available? If you could also tell me what the system
requirements are in English, that would be greatly appreciated :-)
 
In message said:
Very true. However, when I went to the Knoppix site, I couldn't find
anything in English. Is this strictly German or is there an english
version available? If you could also tell me what the system
requirements are in English, that would be greatly appreciated :-)
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I've not run Knoppix for a while, but I understand it now works with AMD
chips. I used to run an earlier version on an old (now dead) machine,
and it did the job reasonably well.

For English go here for your help requirements:

http://www.knoppix.net/

http://www.knoppix.net/get.php

http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html

http://knoppix.net/forum/

Also try these articles (they've put an irritating video on the first
one, grr):

http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32797.htm?CFID=164152&CFTOKEN=BE7E00C2-BB2E-DBF3-A84010FC3719B661

http://www.cclug.org/wiki/Main/KnoppixTricks

If you have a machine to put it on, you can install from the live CD
using the sudo command, but be sure either that you have looked into
what this means, or that you don't have any critical data to lose. ISTR
the command is "sudo knoppix-installer", and that will give you a Debian
install courtesy of Knoppix, unless things have changed since I did
mine.

If you have a spare drive and want to keep windows on another one,
partition the second drive into two, one for Knoppix, one for its swap -
I forget the specification for this - then dump it on to the drive. You
will first need to install (free) grub, which I find better than
Partition Magic's PQ boot (well, it's Symantec now). Then you get a
multi boot screen when you start up. If using XP you will find notes on
Microsoft's site on how to multi-boot, but they strongly disapprove of
this as a long term solution.

HTH.
--
Huss

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered
reputations of the week.

William Congreve
 
On that special day, Huss, ([email protected]) said...
I've not run Knoppix for a while, but I understand it now works with AMD
chips.
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"Now"? Whatever, it ran in 4.x on my AMD64 3500+, so there should be no
problems.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)
 
Gabriele Neukam said:
On that special day, Huss, ([email protected]) said...


"Now"? Whatever, it ran in 4.x on my AMD64 3500+, so there should be no
problems.
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I was running it before v 4x, as you will know from one of my links. :)
Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)
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--
Huss

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered
reputations of the week.

William Congreve
 
it has a flag there.... for english...

if you cant find it tell me and I will find you the exact link
 
John said:
it has a flag there.... for english...

if you cant find it tell me and I will find you the exact link
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Thanks John. The link I originally tried showed no flags to choose
from. Why, I have no idea. However, from the help of others in this
thread I was able to see the english pages of the site. ( A thank you
to the others as well).
 
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