KNOPPIX 3.4


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The new version of KNOPPIX will be available as a printed edition at CeBit 2004, 18.-24.3.2004, Hall 11, booth D39 (Rheinland-Pfalz booth), Hannover, Germany. Klaus Knopper will also give presentations at the Heise-Booth in Hall 5, E38.
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No. Knoppix is significantly different from STD.. STD runs fluxbox and is aimed towards security and often malacious purposes, while knoppix on KDE is more for data recovery and troubleshooting.

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No. Knoppix is significantly different from STD.. STD runs fluxbox and is aimed towards security and often malacious purposes, while knoppix on KDE is more for data recovery and troubleshooting.

Once Knoppix is installed on the HD it becomes a good distro too. It essentially becomes Debian.

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can what would one use this for? i've heard of it but am not sure of what it is exactly.

are there screenshots?

(sorry if this is realli n00b)

Knoppix takes Debian and preinstalls it onto a bootable CD-ROM. You can boot from the CD-ROM and end up at a useable Linux command prompt or a usable Linux GUI.

Generally it defaults to KDE but there are versions that default to Gnome (Gnoppix) and Fluxbox (STD).

It also includes a HD install script that will partition (if necessary) and copy the files to your HD. Once Knoppix is installed you don't need the CD anymore. Plus it's a lot faster.

IMO, it's just an easier way to get into Debian which is a very powerful distro. More importantly nobody owns Debian, it's all done by contributions (even the support).

Unlike RPM based distributions where you reinstall every year as a new edition comes out, Debian can be easily upgraded from within Debian.

Many people do not use Knoppix as a full distro but instead use it as a diagnostic repair tool for other Linux systems or even Windows.

http://www.knoppix.net/

http://www.gnoppix.org/

There's no real need for screenshots. It either looks like the command prompt or it looks like KDE, or it looks like Gnome or it looks like Fluxbox.

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so could i run this over the top of windows occaisionly just off the disk?

whats the gui like?

The GUI is either KDE or GNOME or Fluxbox. Once it's installed on a HD you can also choose IceWM, XFce and a few other window managers.

If you don't know what those GUIs look like then go here and look for screenshots:

http://www.kde.org

http://www.gnome.org

http://www.fluxbox.org

Yes, you can boot the CD-ROM even though your C: drive is configured for Windows. It's an excellent way to preview Linux without wiping your hard drive and taking a big plunge. Keep in mind that Linux will be A LOT slower when running from the CD-ROM then it would be on a HD. Still, it will give you an idea what it will look like.

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cool sounds good so if windows screws up and won't start i could whack this in and sort things out through there

It can be a lot more useful than the Windows Recovery Console. Especially if you need to get off some data from a really screwed up hard disk.

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so what are the advantages of linux over windows?

Free OS. Free applications.

Mostly free of viruses, worms, spyware, adware and all that.

Excellent way to learn about servers (web, ftp, DNS)

It's a vote against Microsoft.

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sounds good

would it run smoother than xp?

all i do is homework listen to tunes browse the web and chat.

Generally speaking it is smoother than Windows. Like XP, however, the smoothness can depend on how you skin it. I, myself, use an OS/X inspired Aqua theme:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=153159

I'd recommend you use Knoppix or Gnoppix to take a preview.

I installed Knoppix and then used the apt-get system to setup Gnome. If you wanted to run Gnome right off the bat then you could just go directly to Gnoppix.

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soz still being stupid wich do you think i should get knoppix or gnoppix?

i'm totally new to linux (as u can tell :p )

Knoppix is more well known and probably more up to date. Once you get the hang of things then you can solve the up-to-date issues using apt-get.

I'd expect that there will be a new Gnoppix in the next few weeks to coincide with the official release of Gnome 2.6 which is nice improvement.

Gnome 2.6 becomes official on March 31, 2004.

So until Gnoppix goes and and updates itself with Gnome 2.6 then I'd install Knoppix and start off with KDE. You can use apt-get to get the stable version of Gnome 2.6 sometime in April. Then you can switch between KDE and Gnome to see which you like better.

I see posts here about Knoppix 3.4 but the newest downloadable images that I know of are:

KNOPPIX_V3.3-2004-02-16-EN.iso 699.9M 15-Feb-2004

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cool ok i'm on 56k though so i can't download it.

would you be able to fix me up with some way of getting knoppix on cd? :p

Ask a friend with broadband to burn it for you.

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I got knoppix 3.3 from a teacher, and was VERY surprised at the ease at which it worked on my copmuter. I only used the CD-Bootable version, as I don't have a lot of room on my laptop HD. It had a lot of features that I liked, but most of my classes are in VS.NET, SQL Server, and other MS products, so I'm not quite ready to make the switch. But if I did, this would be it...until Longhorn, of course.

Oh yeah, Jami, it accessed all my Windows files, played them (I don't remember if it played WMA or not), let me view Word and Excel Documents (via OpenOffice). Really smooth. :yes:

The biggest problem I would have with Linux distros like this, is they have to work around Windows, I don't see Linux as a breakthough product, just one that is free and does what Windows does, sometimes a little better.

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