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've run knoppix on a wide range of hardware myself. Usually for testing and diagnosis on the newer stuff, and just for the heck of it on the older stuff.
I've had it boot on a 486(with lots of memory, can't remember the amount) going to a command prompt only and it worked great. My laptops are all 233-266Mhz and it boots and detects all the hardware on all of them perfectly, even my sound card(yamaha opl3) which is hard to get working with any distro. I only have between 64 and 160 meg of ram on these systems and KDE, while slower, will run reasonable.
Even a HD install of debian stable does not run much faster.
I agree that the reviewer probably should have had some knowledgable people review the article before posting, as he might have been able to at least explain the reason for his problems.
Now, on the other end of the scale: Running knoppix on a Dual P4 3Gig system with 4 Gig ram and a top of the line DVD drive(among other things), well it boots real fast there. From nothing to KDE desktop in less then 1:30! And responsive too, that is just plain fun to do(or on a 3.2Gig with hyperthreading, it is slick there too).
Anyway, just my 2c