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malic
05-30-2003, 01:54 AM
In the recent days I have come back to Linux from a vacation (a bad exp. with RedHat 5 a few years ago pissed me off)... anyway, I downloaded the knoppix CD and found that Linux has indeed come a long way. And thanks to my Learn Unix in 24 hours book, I actually knew what I was doing this time.
I have only been running knoppix from the CD and now I feel pretty much at home with it. So now comes the actual install... but I started thinking. I do love what knoppix can do, but hell, if this is what is labelled as a "demo" linux, then what is the "real" linux like...
So, should I just say the hell with any other distros and stick to knoppix, or would you recommend another distro to try out?
Engineer
05-30-2003, 03:15 AM
If you would prefer to use Knoppix to any other distro, or try and become comfortable with any other distro (as it seems you areadly are with Knoppix). You can install Knoppix to HD (http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqInstall)
Or
You can try some of the other popular distros; RH 9.0, MDK 9.1, Debian (Which Knoppix is based on), to name a few...
Dj
EDIT: Link added
Icarus
05-30-2003, 09:54 AM
Thanks for posting that link...I always have a hard time finding that script, on the disk or their site :)
I wouldn't call Knoppix a 'demo' Linux as it is full featured and very well done. I would also suggest installing Knoppix since you are comfortable with it.
Maybe later you can get an extra drive and start installing other distros to see what you think of them
HelplessNewbie
05-31-2003, 03:58 AM
SuSE is quite good except that you have to install it straight from the net unless you buy the boxed set.
i have a copy of Knoppix which i downloaded and burned to a CD, but im still yet to give it a whirl :( i only really downloaded it so i could let other people test it out, and see what they thought of ye old linux :)
anyhow, i ran SuSE 8.0 a few months back, and im currently running RedHat 9 and Mandrake 9.1. RedHat is slower out the box though, and needs a bit of tweaking to get it to run well.
Id advise you to go with either Mandrake or SuSe, both distributions are geared towards ease of use on the desktop, and i enjoy using them both. I payed for my copies of RedHat and SuSE, not because i had to, but because i felt i should give a little something back to Open Source :)