On 2006-11-02, BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Knoppix 5.0.1: A solid live DVD
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>> | All in all, Knoppix is a sure bet -- a great Linux live CD/DVD and
>> | a great desktop distribution as well.
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>> http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/26/1524235&from=rss
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> Knoppix is still one of the best as part of a recovery kit for IT or home
> use, but I think the reason it fell from grace a bit was for two reasons.
>
> First a version was included on a computer mag but in a very cut down way,
> no doubt to save space on their DVD, but the result wasn't good at all.
> Knoppix (and other distros) must control what these mags do with their
> products because it is too easy for them to be shown in a bad light by
> someone being over zealous with the hatchet.
>
> Second there was a version that was excruciatingly slow to start up, even
> after you had given it space on the drives to save settings. All Live
> linux's will be slow to load because they have no choice to to do a proper
> hardware scan each time, but this version was very bad.
Third, it had a bad reputation for upgrades becoming disasters once
installed on a hard drive.
I'd heard of that and decided to try it anyway. The upgrades bit me
twice. Hard. In one case I couldn't get back in at all. I got a kernel
panic whether I chose the old one or the new. In the other I could get
in, but X, networking and several libraries had huge problems.
> But I do hope it comes back into favour, those problems have gone now, so if
> you got hit then it is time to give knoppix another try, because it really
> is an excellent Live distro and the current one 5.x is a dream for IT use
> around your systems as a recovery/maintenance tool.
I don't know how they're doing wrt what I mentioned above. I use a
couple for travel and/or rescue. I keep a recent copy of Games Knoppix
with me when I have to take Sinister Jr to work so he can be occupied
while I waste time fighting with Windwoes.
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