Am 10.03.2010 16:45, schrieb Tim Wescott: > I'm a "poke around a bit then jump in" sort. After some early > experience with Knoppix (thanks, Kieth) I tried (ca 2002) Debian because > Knoppix was Debian based and I figured "go to the source!!". I soon > realized that the only way it would work reliably was if I became far > more of an expert than I'm interested in being. > > If Knoppix had come with an "install now" feature I would have hit the > button and been happy. > But it didn't, and in trying to find out how to install it permanently I > found out that it's totally centered on being a live-on-CD > distribution. So I poked around a bit, found out that Ubuntu is Debian > with training wheels, and I have yet to learn how to ride without them :-). > > chris (fool) mccraw wrote: >> my 3/4-baked theory is that many people new to linux use what their >> friends suggest, or what they first or most compellingly hear about. >> that is, they don't do comparative research between available/relevant >> distributions and choose logically. >> >> certainly that was the case for me in the early days and even now i'm >> more a "try it and see" type than a heavy researcher when i experiment with >> distros i haven't used before. hmm, then again, i know more of what i >> want and need from a distro now, and can judge some things instantly >> that i would have not understood when i was getting started, so maybe >> the past 16 years has been of some use after all =) >> >> anyway, what is your take on how people choose distributions, and/or >> how did you choose your first? i think newbies are an especially >> interesting discussion because we are attracting so many to our ranks >> these days and i'm curious as to what trends will shape the future of >> the landscape; i believe that the distros that see the most users >> fare the best in terms of vitality and usually pace/success of >> development, commercial or non (though that is a belief open to >> debate in itself). >> >> personally, i started with slackware because i was unaware anything >> else existed and my mentor used slackware, though i understood that >> slackware was not linux. the second time (in as many weeks) that i >> installed it i downloaded it myself from somewhere that had other >> distros mirrored too and i noticed their presence but was not >> inquisitive for many months (and many reinstalls). it maybe that >> nothing else was as mature and generally awesome and in english at the >> time (mid-1994), but i certainly can't vouch for that with any >> certainty. >> >> thoughts? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Maybe things changed in the last 6 years since I last did this, but back then (knoppix 3.2) you could install it to the hard drive. There was a script called knx2hd that was part of the distribution. I ran knoppix installed in this way for quite a while, before turning to "echt" debian (play on words). Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
