[Gllug] Knoppix [was Re: Debian useless]

[NorthLondon John]

On 8 Mar 2004, at 17:37, Garry Heaton wrote:

>> Use Knoppix, it's bootable for a quick demo, it's installable, it's 
>> debian
>> based so when it IS installed you can do all the apt-gettery stuff and
>> it's excellent at hardware config...
>
> Yes, I really like Knoppix but I heard the resulting install is 
> non-standard
> in some way and doesn't always play nicely with apt-get repositories. 
> Anyone
> have anything to add on this?
>
> Garry Heaton
>

Don't know about apt-get (not heard of any problems), but I think there 
is something non-standard about the (non-root) user after a hd install. 
I read about that - and got a solution - somehwere on the 
www.knoppix.net forums, but I haven't been able to find the post, 
despite much searching.

It's also worth pointing out that Knoppix moves fast and gets updated 
quite frequently, but the version number has been stuck at 3.3 for 
ages. (3.4 is due shortly.) This makes tracking the validity of bugs 
and information rather difficult.
(Eg, I didn't even know about the graphical installer until I saw this 
months linux magazine - see posts passim.)

John

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