Linked by Binh Nguyen on Wed 7th Jan 2004 18:08 UTC
When Knoppix was first released it was heralded as revolutionary in the Linux world. Its autodetection and configuration capabilities were unsurpassed. Many of my colleagues remarked that if 'KNOPPIX can't do it, Linux can't do it'. Theoretically, one would be able to get a Knoppix CD, pop it into an arbitrary system, run it, save one's data to a partition, USB stick, etc....), reboot and the existing system would be left completely as it was before the CD was placed in the system.
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See, I didn't have that problem with my USB flash.
It automounted correctly.
I happened to download Knoppix yesterday, and tested it on my laptop. Here are the specs:
Compaq Presario 1200CA (Yes it's Canadian, I inherited it from someone now living in Calgary)
Celeron 800 mHz
10 Gig HD
256 MB SDRAM
Trident CyberBlade i1 8MB AGP
CD/DVD Drive
Linksys WPC11 PC Card
Burned the .iso, booted the CD, and was amazed at how fast it booted, considering it was a Live CD and not HD based.
Not only that, but it detected everything on my system exactly; no alterations needed for config files or anything. Knoppix KDE loaded up quick, and was pleasantly suprised to find how much software was loaded with it.
Plugged my USB flash drive in, auto mounted it and let me transfer a text file from the Knoppix CD to it with no issues.
I've dealt with a lot of distros in the past:
Debian
Mandrake
Redhat
SuSe
Xandros
Slackware (still my personal favorite
FreeBSD
and out of all of them, this one detected my hardware, setup KDE and was ready to use much faster and more comprehensive than any of the others out of the gate.
Needless to say, I was impressed.