Hey Jeff, is that the version you gave us on thursday? or is there yet, another newer version?
Raf. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:58 AM Subject: (clug-talk) Update on Knoppix > Update for my post yesterday. > > On the 10th a new version of Knoppix was released and it's even better. > Last night I downloaded and installed this on my laptop and it's even > better that the last Knoppix (This probably wins my award for > slickest/easiest Linux install ever.) > > Just boot from the CD and from a terminal > $ sudo /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall > > it lets you partition and choose file systems, services and the usual > stuff but you don't choose packages to install. It installs all the > Knoppix stuff. Since Knoppix already knows about your hardware this > gets transfered to the new machine and just works.. X, mouse, sound, > etc all works. > > To add software later Knoppix is based on debian so you can use apt-get > and it all works great. > > Only problem I had with the new version was /etc/skel contains a bunch > of config files with the language set to German. I just nuked > everything in /etc/skel and the added my users and it works great. > > All in all if you like Debians stability and packages but hate the > installer this is a great way to get a good working workstation in about > 20min. > > Jeff
