Hi
You can install the flash plugin in
~/.mozilla/plugins
This one would be mounted in ram, but then you will have to dl and install
everytime you re boot :-(
Not very elegant.
Personally i do not think Knoppix will change the way linux is distributed,
But it surely has a strong edge at demo systems. Unfortunately running from a
read-only medium does impose severe limitations on what you can do. KNOPPIX
would be a very powerful live demo of linux for the non-committed / never
heard of it category. Though I admit, KNOPPIX DID impress me very positively.
Cheers
Szemir
On Friday 07 February 2003 09:56, you wrote:
> I watched my friend Jason Uppenborn using KNOPPIX during the last meeting
> (uh... not while you were presenting, Aaron, he's was all ears) ;-) and it
> got me interested. I did a little research yesterday and read that it was
> Red Hat-based. To hear that CLUG's is Debian-based is exciting. But as
> I'm reading, I'm hearing more and more about Debian, and wondering if
> someone made a mistake about the Red Hat part. Can anyone speak to this?
> At any rate, I'm curious now about some of the inner workings of the
> distro.
>
> I currently have no space to install Linux on my work laptop, and I have
> not had the time I would like lately to work on my Linux desktop at home,
> so after the meeting I was excited about running Linux actively on my
> laptop, but I have no KNOPPIX! And then I realized I have the Slackware
> 8.1 Ready-to-Boot CD which is the Slack 8.1 distro running off CD-ROM,
> similar to KNOPPIX, although some of the underlying technologies are
> different (and sounds like they are less robust than KNOPPIX's
> implementation -- compressed filesystems, et. al. Here is a link to some
> digging someone did regarding KNOPPIX's use of filesystems:
> www.mdlug.org/archives/mdlug/msg12891.html).
>
> I have one question I couldn't get a sufficient Google answer to yesterday,
> and I think some understanding of the way the distro works off of CD would
> probably enlighten me. But if anyone can just answer the question
> outright, I would love to hear it:
>
> Can CD-based Linux distros be run fully (or as much as possible) in RAM? I
> have 512MB and I was bummed when I couldn't add a Flash plugin to Mozilla
> because it lived in /usr/lib which was read-only. :-( I'm curious to find
> out how much I can install, compile, etc. -- basically, I would like to be
> able to use Slackware or KNOPPIX (Linux, period) on a daily basis at work,
> but I need a few different utils, some of which do not come in the basic
> distro, or are read-only. Suggestions? Ideas?
>
> Heh, maybe I'm biting off a mouthful, so if I should wait for a prezzy on
> the topic or anyone wants to take it to private e-mail let me know. But it
> sounds like KNOPPIX, etc. are extremely robust and stand a chance of
> changing the distribution and usage of Linux as we know it. That is truly
> exciting.
>
> Curtis.
>
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> Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003 11:52 am
> Subject: new clug Distro
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> > I'm sorta new to linux, I know a bit about linux, I know hot to
> > compilesource, and a few other, things, I'd like to help you crate
> > a new
> > distro, I mean why stick a distro that just stays on a CD-ROM,
> > when you
> > and I (and others hopefully) could create a new distro for CLUG, my
> > computer specs are 1.5 GHz 256 MB DDR RAM. please reply and let me
> > know,I'm excited about this idea.
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Having done what you suggested already with MaxOS, and Firewall. I can
> attest to just how brutal an undertaking it is. Building a distro is a
> grueling, thankless undertaking. Maintaining it only compounds the matter.
> With regard to the promotional CLUG modified version of Debian Knoppix that
> I now seem to be maintaining, you should know that it has utilities to have
> it permanently installed on your hdd already making it one of the most
> comprehensive Linux distros of the day. To know KNOPPIX is to love KNOPPIX.
> As such there is a number of things I would like to contribute to KNOPPIX,
> not the least of which is a new and improved ui installer for KNOPPIX which
> could install a number of other very popular distros visa vi a network
> install. For example there is no reason we could not invoke the RH Anaconda
> installer and perform a network install, or for that matter Slackware, etc,
> etc...
> As such I think you could glean a substantial amount of knowledge working
> with us and congratulate you for stepping to the plate..
>
> I will vollunteer to hold a introductory ./lecture/tutorial/workshop on
> KNOPPIX ./use/construction if anybody is interested in contributing to the
> CLUGG variant.
>
> All the best, Dan
