Hallo,
Although I can not speak for Klaus Knopper, the question when adding new
software to knoppix is always the same:
What shall be removed?
Usually the already installed packages become bigger with every update.
So for every new version of knoppix something has to be deleted:-((
I think a good choice has been done in the past, although I am
personally missing some things like probably everybody else.
BTW, is it possible to copy the knoppix-CD to DVD? I mean just dd
knoppix-cd and burn this iso to a dvd, without changing the bootconcept?
I googled a bit, but have not found anything useful. Has someone an URL
for "Howto make a KNOPPIX-DVD" ? That would be good reason for buying a
DVD writer:-))!
Personally I learn a lot of url's from people suggesting additional
software for knoppix even if it doesn't make it into the distro.
Greetings
Achim
I love your distribution, it is really great. Here are some things I
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thought of that might be of value.
1) Build in NDISWrapper into your kernel.
This would be of major benefit to laptop users o the newbie variety.
While I'm not fond of proprietary drivers, I think that allowing the
person to migrate to linux easily is probably more valuable in the
long run.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/
2) Add testzilla-client to the distribution
This would mostly be for the benefit of the wider debian distribution
to find out what hardware is and is not supported. Have people pop
knoppix into every box they come across, and send in a quick report on
the hardware support.
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/vogels/TestZilla/Report/functionality.htm
3) Allow usage of currently installed boot managers
Your install of the boot manager works great (the auto adding of the
other partitions is really appreciated), but it would be nice to be
able to instead use the Windows boot manager or add to a currently
installed grub. This article describes the methods for using the
windows bootloader for loading linux. (may or may not be more effort
than its worth).
http://www.linuxforum.com/linux_tutorials/12/1.php
4) Instructions for preinstall
I'd be happy to write a howto for this for NTFS and FAT partitioned
drives, if you are willing to include it. Most of the howto's I've
seen skip a few important details. Also, there likely should be a
mention in the current docs that lilo no longer has the limits to 10
GB for the first partition.
5) Automatic changes to the debian installer config to point at the
correct mirrors.
You might consider updating the apt sources list based on the persons
timezone information.
Okay, I guess that's all of my comments for now, thanks for the
wonderful distro.
Quick question, do you have someone that checks the inbox for
nonsubscribed posters? I sent a similar email prior to subscribing,
and apparently it is still in the submission queue.
Tom M.
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