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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This wasn't a knoppix review - it was an inexperienced knoppix user's impressions.
1) KNOPPIX version V3.3-2003-11-14-EN.iso
Please note that this version is a BETA release. Consideration of this fact must be taken into account and some latitude given.
Latest is V3.3-2003-11-19 - Lots of program updates etc.
FYI Knoppix is in constant development and will always be in beta.
2) Hit F2 to display a series of 'cheatcodes' which will allow someone to change the window manager to be loaded, keyboard locale, screen resolution, toggle blind support and toggle whether hardware autodetection, etc
Why mention the cheatcodes and not review them? They are what makes knoppix so useful and flexible. <hint> Did you try desktop=fluxbox on your 233?
Btw F2 displays a partial list of cheatcodes - the full list is here :
http://download.linuxtag.org/knoppix/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt
3)For example, by running 'free' one sees that there is a total of 256320KB RAM, 248032KB RAM used, 8288KB RAM free and 0KB swapfile usage. The makers of Knoppix should have probably taken this into account and published more realistic minimum specifications.
ermmm .....Knoppix use the ram to create a ramdisk for the live filesystem.
Hint to the author - Post a draft version of your article on knoppix.net or the debian-knoppix mailing list. There are lots of friendly/helpful knoppix contributers and experienced users.
For those wanting more - there is a good V3.3-2003-11-19 knoppix review on Distrowatch.
Cheers
rob