On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 02:28:38AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Loren M Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Debian-User Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Good Debian-based distro > > > > You might want to try burning them a copy of Knoppix and giving it to > them to play with. Knoppix is essentially Debian unstable + a small > amount. Runs in RAM from CDROM. > > Pros: Very full featured. One man's distribution for himself - put > together exceedingly well. Hardware autodetection excellent. Usability > good. Regularly updated. The basis for Morphix and a whole host of > other "live" CD's. Contains about 2.8 GB on a 700M CDROM. Will install > to hard disk with one command, taking with it all the X settings etc. > that have been autodetected. > > Cons: Be aware that you run as root initially. No clear upgrade > path, though possibly direct to Debian unstable. (Knoppix today > is actually slightly ahead - XFree 4.3 is in there). > Free in cost - it may contain a small amount of what Debian would > consider non-free > > All the above IMHO - I also help maintain the Distributions HOWTO > in English so would appreciate any Debian based distro's I've missed. > I would add Morphix, it is based on Knoppix but seems to be built to facilitate users packaging their own distro. Last I looked it comes in a few flavours.
MorphixBase MorphixCombined-Game MorphixCombined-LightGUI MorphixCombined-HeavyGUI MorphixCombined-KDE - or something like that google gets it's page HTH Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]