Knoppix Linux at http://www.knoppix.org
It's an excellent way to show someone (yourself) what Linux would look like running on their own machine (but without touching their hard drive). I always carry a copy in my knapsack for those moments when my eloquence is not enough to convince.... :-) Seriously, they've done some excellent work on device recognition. I had a hard time to get sound working on my thinkpad but knoppix worked right off... Other cool techniques, like compressed filesystem, etc. make it pretty neat to work with... Downside is that it's obiously a little slow to load. Chris *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/5/2003, at 2:23 PM, Beinert, William wrote: >There was discussion (I think on this list) of a CDROM that allowed someone to boot >and run Linux from a CDROM without installing Linux. >I didn't pay much attention at the time, but now I think I know someone who could >benefit from this. > >Can anyone refresh my memory? > >thanks > >Bill Beinert >Systems Programming >Con Edison >(212) 460-4853 > >When they took the fourth amendment, > I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs! >When they took the sixth amendment, > I was quiet because, I was innocent. >When they took the second amendment, > I was quiet because I didn't own a gun! >Now they've taken the first amendment, > and I can say (or do) nothing about it. >The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others. >MODWN DAbE ________________________ Chris Rohrbach email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
