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Install Knoppix 6 to a USB Flash Drive in Windows

cj2003 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:32:36 +0000

How to Install Knoppix 6.2 to a USB Flash Drive using Windows and the USB Installer for Knoppix 6. More here

Essentials to put Knoppix 6 on USB

•1GB or Larger USB Flash Pen Drive (fat32 formatted)

•Windows PC to perform the conversion (XP or Vista)

•Knoppix Linux 6.2 ISO

•USB-Installer-For-Knoppix6.exe

Knoppix founder Klaus Knopper speaks

cj2003 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:32:10 +0000

Knoppix is something of a legend as far as system administrators and computer repair technicians are concerned. Most people who know about it have a healthy respect for it. More here

Klaus Knopper teaches at the Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences where he lectures in software engineering and software technology and occasionally gives seminars and talks about open source in various parts of the IT industry. Klaus received his diploma in electrical engineering from the Kaiserslautern University of Technology, which in German is die Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

Knoppix Live CD distro rev’d

cj2003 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:36 +0000

Klaus Knopper has released version 6.2 of his Debian-based live-CD Linux distro. Based on Debian 5.0 (“Lenny”), the new version uses the lightweight LXDE as the default desktop, and includes a new version of the ADRIANE talking menu system for vision-impaired users. More here

Today, Knoppix is commonly used by independent software vendors wishing to create demonstration versions of their wares. Knoppix is also fairly easy to install on CompactFlash, as described in this Knoppix-based solid-state CF music recorder project. Several Live CD distros are based on Knoppix, including Dreamlinux.

Knoppix 6.2 arrives

cj2003 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:36:33 +0000

Knoppix 6.2 features version 2.6.31.6 of the Linux kernel, X.org 7.4 and version 1.2 of ADRIANE (Audio Desktop Reference Implementation and Networking Environment). ADRIANE is a “a talking menu system, which is supposed to make work and internet access easier for computer beginners, even if they have no sight contact to the computers monitor.” More here

The 10 Best Linux Distributions of 2009

cj2003 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:19:58 +0000

This 2009 list takes several factors into account for placement in the list: Community support, commercial support, software variety, update engine and distribution frequency. Even for old Linux salts, there are a few surprises on this list. For starters, Ubuntu is not number one. You have Debian, knoppix and Damn Small Linux there

Knoppix – First glance

cj2003 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:26:29 +0000

I’ve only had it installed for about a half hour now, but it’s pretty snappy on my old system and even has some good Compiz effects running. I also like that Iceweasle is the default browser. More here

I have an older laptop that seems to get slower and slower with each update of Ubuntu. I once decided to kick Ubuntu out and install Gentoo on this laptop. It really was faster with Gentoo, but one update kill X and I had a hard time figuring out what killed it.

The Reason Why I Loved Knoppix More Than Windows!

cj2003 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:20:56 +0000

About three months ago, my friend, Freddie had recommended me to use the Knoppix. He said that he have been very tired about the Windows and decided to change it to Knoppix. More here

Furthermore, the best part about using Knoppix operating system is we’re free from the risk of getting any harmful computer viruses, as the nasty viruses will be gone, once we’re switching off the bootable Knoppix CD/DVD. Sounds like a very cool feature, isn’t it?

Knoppix via PXE

cj2003 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:11:50 +0000

I was able to get knoppix to boot through my PXE and it recognizes the hard drives, which is the most important thing when you want to do hard drive recovery More here

I had to piece together a few “how-to’s” to get it to work for me but here is a rough outline and I’m not good at taking notes and I’m not really sure what worked.. I just know it works.

How to Recover Important Files with Knoppix

cj2003 — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:00:32 +0000

You go to your computer, power it on, and half way through the boot sequence you are hit with this innocent looking blue screen with crap you probably don’t understand. While I am not going to write a novel on any one of a hundred things you could do to fix this, I will instruct you on how to recover your important files with a boot-able Linux distro called Knoppix. More here

The 14 best Linux distros

cj2003 — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:32:32 +0000

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers. SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva and Ubuntu are similarly too significant to ignore. What about the others? Start reading here

Debian is one of the original distros, dating back to 1993. The Debian package management system is generally considered superior to the RPM systems, although they have closed the gap (mainly by incorporating features from Debian’s system).