Linked by Alexander Antoniades on Thu 5th Dec 2002 21:58 UTC
It's easy to grow increasingly cynical the more you follow "innovation" in operating systems and software. New releases often turn out to be nothing more than reinventing, or repackaging, the wheel, with new icons and steeper system requirements. Yet every now and then persistence pays off and that lengthy download or poorly written web site delivers something truly amazing and faith in the future of computing is, albeit temporarily, restored. I experienced such a sensation a couple of months ago when I downloaded the CD-ROM based, Linux distribution known as Knoppix. 
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I've been using KNOPPIX for about a month now. A friend of mine in Texas (USA) told me about it, so I downloaded the ISO image. I use an iMax (OS X 10.2.2) as my main desktop os at home, but I also have three Linux computers and a FreeBSD machine running on my network. Anyway, I've started passing-out KNOPPIX CD's to friends and aquaintances, instead of Mandrake or RedHat. I keep the ISO image of KNOPPIX on my iMac desktop, and burn-up a few CD-R's when I start running low. I think this make one heck of an intro into Linux!