Re: Knoppix and debian
On Tue, 03 May 2011 17:09:09 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón:
>> On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:36 +0100, Lisi wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 15:07:03 Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>> >> On 05/03/2011 03:29 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
>> >> > just a simple question: I discovered the hardware recognition on
>> >> > the KNOPPIX- DVD is very good.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this a personal development by Klaus Knopper? Is it also used
>> >> > by debian? And if not, why not?
>> >>
>> >> I think that the difference is only that knoppix , grml and other
>> >> live cds use more recent software from unstable .
>> >
>> > No, I disagree. As Hans-J says, I have always found that Knoppix is
>> > exceptionally good at hardware recognition.
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Well, featuring a good hardware recognition is closely related to use
>> the most recent versions of the kernel and firmwares so Alex statement
>> makes a lot of sense ;-)
>>
>
> Hmm,
>
> but as far as I know, Knoppix is based on debian/stable!
Squeeze has kernel 2.6.32 and Knoppix 2.6.36/2.6.37¹ so that's a
difference.
¹ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/knoppix/packages.txt
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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