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Re: knoppix 5.0 is out...
de Huss 06/06/2006 05:49
In message <1149604912.702590.303280@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
sablegs94@yahoo.ca writes
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>John Jay Smith wrote:
>> Dont run into conclusions too fast...
>>
>> Ok Linux doesn't have the friendliest GUI, but MS has its own problems;
>
>Very true. However, when I went to the Knoppix site, I couldn't find
>anything in English. Is this strictly German or is there an english
>version available? If you could also tell me what the system
>requirements are in English, that would be greatly appreciated :-)
I've not run Knoppix for a while, but I understand it now works with AMD
chips. I used to run an earlier version on an old (now dead) machine,
and it did the job reasonably well.
For English go here for your help requirements:
http://www.knoppix.net/
http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html
http://knoppix.net/forum/
Also try these articles (they've put an irritating video on the first
one, grr):
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32797.htm?CFID=164152&CFTOKEN=BE7E00C2-BB2E-DBF3-A84010FC3719B661
http://www.cclug.org/wiki/Main/KnoppixTricks
If you have a machine to put it on, you can install from the live CD
using the sudo command, but be sure either that you have looked into
what this means, or that you don't have any critical data to lose. ISTR
the command is "sudo knoppix-installer", and that will give you a Debian
install courtesy of Knoppix, unless things have changed since I did
mine.
If you have a spare drive and want to keep windows on another one,
partition the second drive into two, one for Knoppix, one for its swap -
I forget the specification for this - then dump it on to the drive. You
will first need to install (free) grub, which I find better than
Partition Magic's PQ boot (well, it's Symantec now). Then you get a
multi boot screen when you start up. If using XP you will find notes on
Microsoft's site on how to multi-boot, but they strongly disapprove of
this as a long term solution.
HTH.
--
Huss
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