[Sderby] Knoppix - An interesting idea

[David Bottrill]

I've played too, very clever, a fully functional Linux system on a
bootable CD. It's a shame the PCs at Moira don't have CD drives as this
would be an ideal way of making the computer lab Linux compatible.

David


On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 22:22, Mini Mike wrote:
> 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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