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| DATE | 2002-08-08 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Show 'em Knoppix
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Yeah
But I don't have any friends who eat pizza with me.
I might not have any friends at all...
On 2002.08.08 18:02 "Inker, Evan" wrote:
>
> For those you haven't seen Knoppix yet, I highly recommend it. Hardware
> detection is excellent and up to date software....
> Boot and loading speed is nothing short of amazing. ....
>
> Regards,
>
> Evan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Johnson [mailto:seth.johnson-at-realmeasures.dyndns.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:06 AM
> To: hangout-at-nylxs.com; ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com
> Subject: [hangout] Show 'em Knoppix!
>
>
>
>
> (Forwarded from Phoenix LUG list)
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:45:47 -0700
> From: Dennis Kibbe
>
>
> So, your over at a buddy's place on a Saturday night having
> a few brews and pizza, when he asks you about Linux.
>
> You pull out a CD, insert it into HIS computer and within
> two minutes he's jivin' to some tunes and exploring the KDE3 desktop -
> dazzled by all the eye candy! You leave him the CD, of course, so he can
> explore Open Office 1.01, GIMP 1.2, Bluefish, Mozilla, Python, WINE, and
> lots more. And the next day he's bragging 'cause he's running Linux, too!
>
> What Knoppix is, is a Linux distro that runs entirely from
> the CD and a file system created on a RAM disk nothing is
> put on the hard drive nor is the installed OS disturbed at
> all.
>
> This isn't new, of course, but what makes Knoppix different
> is that it is a lot faster that SuSE LiveEval and much more modern than
> DemoLinux.
>
> Lots and lots of current packages (over 900) lets you
> explore KOfiice, Open Office, OCR software, scanners and digital cameras,
> development languages like Python and KDevelop, too. Even if you run another
> distro now you can explore some packages you before actullay installing them
> on your computer - maybe Karbon 14 (vector graphics) or Scribus (DTP).
>
> Knoppix is internationalized, too. Click the flag on the
> right side of the panel to switch the keyboard from English
> to German to French!
>
> And with lots of eye candy (less that a second after booting there's a
> graphic) it dazzles!
>
> Knoppix is useful for checking out the hardware before installing a distro
> that has less thorough hardware detection.
>
> Anyway, I think you get the picture. Knoppix is what I'm
> using to show off Linux at its best!
>
> You can find Knoppix at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ .
> There is a link at the top of the page to the English
> language page, if you must.
>
>
> Dennis Kibbe
> PS - Sorry, I'll in my "Madison Avenue" mode.
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