[Sderby] Knoppix - An interesting idea

[Alan Blockley]

Hi

I have had the Knoppix DVD for a few months now, and I was impressed... I
think i used it for 2 or three nights jst playing with it.  Everything eas
fully functional.  I was evening IRC'ing and ssh'ing from it ;)

Am as happy as a pi in shitif I can IRC and SSH :)

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: sderby-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:sderby-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Mini Mike
Sent: 26 January 2003 22:22
To: sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Sderby] Knoppix - An interesting idea


Seconded, I've only seen it for a few minutes, but I wa amazed!

Mike.

On Sunday 26 January 2003 22:09, Ashley Heath wrote:
> Discovered Knoppix about a week ago and have been looking further into it,
> for those who don't know what it is, it is a Debian based distro that runs
> completely from CD. It really is quite impressive, when it boots it
> autodetetcts and configures all your hardware and lauches straight into a
> fully functioning KDE system with loads of common applications pre
> installed and ready to run ie open office, koffice , mozilla , konqueror
> and many more Knoppix is ideal for introducing folk to Linux without going
> the whole hog and reformatting their box, gives them a chance to play with
> it at their leisure and get used to Linux.
>
> Knoppix is also customisable for anyone who wants to take up the
challenge,
> there is a CD re-mastering howto on the knoppix website. Basically you can
> create you own custom distro that runs from CD and does whatever you need.
> Ideal for making rescue CD's, demo disks, custom installations etc
>
> May be a good base for your firewalling project Mike, what do you think? A
> complete skipper system ready to run? Or maybe a system designed for
> Amateur radio.
>
> http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixRemasteringHowto
>
> Knoppix can also be run from a network bootable pc and installed on a hard
> disk if desired.
>
> Feel a project coming on
> Ash
>
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