Re: [debian-knoppix] What's happening?
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 05:04:10PM +0100, Steffen Grunewald wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:30:11AM +0100, Martin Oehler wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:07:21AM -0800, D russel wrote:
> > > Knoppix releases have dramatically slowed down ( there
> > > was a time that a new release was out almost every 15
> > > days) Now we go from may to august and now -I hope- in
> > > November.
> > > Yes ok there where some releases between them but I am
> > > counting the publicly available. It seems that
> > > nowadays knoppix comes out only on events like akademy
> > > and HCC Dagen
> >
> > Klaus and the rest of the team are a bit busy with things like life,
> > work and so on. But be patient, it seems that the next Knoppix isn't
> > far...
> >
> > In the meantime, we have other funny projects based on the
> > existing Knoppix: (*Advertisement start*
> > http://www.pcgames.de/?article_id=336128
> > *Advertisement end*).
>
> Which kernel(s) come with it?
it's a Knoppix 3.6. The remastering consists of ATI and Nvidia drivers
and a pile of games (http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14576).
The Nvidia drivers are the latest version that's working with
tv cards (that's the reason why the driver isn't the latest one).
But because everything is installed to the RAMDISK, 768 MB are
recommended. It's possible to install a system with hardware drivers
with this DVD (it's explained inside the magazine, I can post it
here if you're interested, just 2 commands). They you are able to play
with much less memory (unless you start vegastrike ;).
Yes, we are _able_ to include more drivers to Knoppix (I know
of the winmodem drivers and Klaus does too). But concerning the Winmodem
(and other binary drivers) the licence isn't often clear. I think
ndiswrapper was a nice addition and perhaps it's a possibility
to include the graphic drivers in one of the next releases (if
Klaus wants ;).
> I used to use Knoppix as a quick (but not dirty :) hardware diagnostics
> tool before I decide upon the configuration of a new kernel ---
> sometimes just the Knoppix gets copied to the harddisk.
>
> What I'm waiting for now is 3w-9xxx support (kernel >=2.6.8)...
2.6.8.1 has been skipped, there is a newer kernel available. ;)
> BTW, where did 3.5 go? (aKaDEmy???)
Hmm, 3.6 was academy (later 3.6 official), 3.5 was LinuxTag-DVD.
Ciao,
Martin
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