[NTLUG:Discuss] Knoppix!

[Rob Apodaca]

On Wed, 28 May 2003 01:43:22 -0500
Lance Simmons <lance at lsimmons.net> wrote:

> I don't remember if anyone's mentioned it here, but Knoppix is an
> interesting distribution.  It boots a working desktop from the cd, and
> then you can easily install to the hard drive.  At that point you have a
> working, apt-gettable Debian installation.  I'm borrowing a laptop for a
> couple of weeks, so I wanted to install Debian, but dreaded going
> through the installation process for a machine I know nothing about (and
> don't have any documentation for).  I popped in the Knoppix cd, it
> recognized all the hardware, and soon I had a complete installation, and
> could apt-get to my heart's content.

As you point out, knoppix boots a working linux system from a cd. Not only can
you use it to install a debian system, you can also install linux from scratch
- which is a great way to learn alot about linux!