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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Knoppix= really an Operating System, a full Debian Distro,
it has 900 software packages, runs great fromcdrom, its fast,
especially when you run knoppix desktop=wmaker. You can also configure your default settings unto a floppy, called floppyconfig and then boot with all your saved settings.
Its secure, then there is not much to hack (who wants to hack an cdr?). To me its my first great Linux Os. even runs my mp3, audio cds, mail, internet, java, Gimp and irc chat. I think its almost perfect!