[Scottish] Good Live Disk for ...

[Colin McKinnon]

On Saturday 05 February 2005 01:22, Colin Speirs wrote:
> <colin.mckinnon at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >On Friday 04 February 2005 14:00, Colin.Speirs at scotland.gsi.gov.uk wrote:
> >> We have a contractor  who would like to try Linux and see if it suits
> >> him, but so far the Live CDs I've punted his way haven't been successful
> >> (PClinuxOS, Knoppix and BeaTrix).
> >
> >hmmm. I've not tried Ubuntu, but I've found knoppix to be quite handy and
> > work very well - so much so my main home box now runs a HD install, and I
> > make sure I've got a recent copy in my bag with my screwdrivers and
> > cables.
> >
> >How unsuccessful?
>
> Principally he has two areas of concern
>
> 1) Not getting his external Broadband hardware sorted and connecting
>

erk. Not a USB one? (they don't even work very well with MS-Windows). It is 
possible to get them to work with Linux but last time I looked it seemed a 
bit of a struggle. IIRC SuSE is better than some in this dept, but a ethernet 
connected device will save a lot of pain.

HTH

C.