[Sussex] Bloody Distros (again!)/knoppix downloads

[Gareth Ablett]

Hi Karl,

Your email had a regular term in that that I feel you are using too much.

> > TBH knoppix has so many things that I don't even know what half of them
> > are, let alone use them :)
> 
> Well, then you really shouldn't install so much then!
> 
> Have you tried Debian?

Have you never tried Knoppix? For starters it Is Debian and it is a live CD that comes with loads of software ready installed there isn't a choice.

Have you tried Gentoo?

Gareth Ablett
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl E. Jorgensen [mailto:karl at jorgensen.com]
> Sent: 27 October 2004 12:12 pm
> To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Bloody Distros (again!)/knoppix downloads
> 
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:24:49PM +0100, John wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 14:03, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> > > Hi John.
> > >
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > sorry to hear your having bad luck. Have you tried a new version of
> > > Knoppix I had a go at HD install of the latest release and then added
> > > gnome with out a problem but tbh as a distro for continued use it's a
> > > little too packed full of software I will never use.
> >
> > The general plan, was that to have a distro that can be updated/upgraded
> > without having to totally re-install the thing everytime a new version
> > comes out i.e. install it (knoppix or gentoo or whatever) and then
> > tailor it.
> 
> Have you tried Debian?
> 
> My worst problem with debian is that I no longer know how to install it.
> My laptop was installed with "slink" (3, or 4 years ago?). Still fully
> up-to-date thanks to easy updates...
> 
> > TBH knoppix has so many things that I don't even know what half of them
> > are, let alone use them :)
> 
> Well, then you really shouldn't install so much then!
> 
> Have you tried Debian?
> 
> > > For on I don't use Opera so am not sure if it would be the software but
> > > the best bet is to eliminate as much as possible.
> > >
> > > Just out of interest do you run a checksum on the file after to see if
> > > it is in deed complete.
> > >
> > > All you can do is try a different mirror and a different browser (I
> > > recommend firefox)
> >
> > I've never had problems with opera in the past, hence it was a natural
> > choice to just "fire it up".
> 
> Have you tried....    oh...  I doubt whether opera is available in
> debian...  Never needed to look...
> 
> > And no, things never got as far as finishing the download(s) it seems to
> > slow down and eventually stop, If I then hit the stop and resume
> > transfer it will start again, but then usually stops completely showing
> > an error in the transfers window.
> 
> Knowing which error would help here...
> 
> Is that just http transfers or ftp too?
> 
> --
> Karl E. Jørgensen
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