I agree. That and the necessity for a swap partition. Most Linux boxes are easily availble to Knoppix, but a windows box would need to be repartitioned according to the info on the site.
Doug --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the aim is to not confuse people, I don't think Knoppix would be > the > way to go other than as a demonstration tool. The fact that > personal > settings and hardware configurations can't be saved between reboots > > would be quite confusing to someone who's seeking out the merits of > a > new operating system. It seems that only an advanced Linux user > could > make actual productive use of that distribution, being that he'd > have to > come up with work-arounds for the inconveniences of a read-only > system. > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > I am on the other side of the fence. I am thinking of the patrons > that > > will be accessing this stuff. Most will have little information > about > > Linux. I think we should focus more on distributions like Knoppix > that > > don't require a dedicated PC. Also, I think for now we need to > keep > > this limited to two or three distributions. After running the > program > > for a bit we will know how every works and then be able to > expand. In > > fact, this is one of the reasons why I ended up taking a more > active > > role in the project--everything was at a stand-still in large > part > > because we were looking at doing too much too soon. At least, > that's > > what I saw happening. I think we should stay small and targeted > at > > first and then see how everything works out. No rush. > > > > We need to get a general consensus on this. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > At 11:29 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > >> I was thinking about the distributions we should include. > Redhat is > >> practically a given since I think everyone interested in Linux > and > > > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
