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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i agree with taras that the reviewer is totally clueless about operating systems. he did not bother to research why he is getting black screens when he opened mozilla, its the Trident Video card. i have the same video card on my machine and thus the same problem. regarding the boot time, the reviewer should be aware that linux generally has a longer boot time, and moreover knoppix is running from a CD, needs to decompress on the fly, and the kernel is bloated with all possible configurations. i dont think 5 minutes is so long a boot time for a live-linux CD. its same time windows takes searching for your hardware showing the blue screen when you try to install it.
the reviewer should understand knoppix is supposed to be a live-linux cd and not a system recovery cd, hence it needs all the applications like any other linux distribution, so that linux users have the choice of getting the same work done using their favorite application. how much speed can one expect from a 233MHz processor and a 2MB video card, any GUI OS will take quite some time loading the windows. the reviewer needs to be practical and must perform a relative comparison with other contemporary OS. i strongly believe the reviewer was prejudiced against Knoppix, even before he tried it.
I love the articles at OSNews.com, but I think the guys at OSNews.com should evaluate the articles and the experience and qualifications of the authors before posting them on the website.
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