So how is linux Knoppix?

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: Fish11
As a new user I suggest SUSE.

I love it and it found all my hardware and I was online without doing anything extra. It's a lot easier than a Windows install.

I prefer KDE over Gnome and imo YaST is the greatest software tool ever made. SUSE also has the most apps and documentation of any *nix distro.

Along with Cynicist, I don't quite agree with the documentation part, I've seen better from other distributions. However, the great thing about Suse is that you don't even need to read their documentation. Its so easy to use and very low maintenance.

And one of the main reasons I'm sticking with Suse is Yast. Its pretty much the greatest administration tool I've used. Not sure what else would compare to it.

Originally posted by: DARQ MX
ok, got it to the right iso. Now i can't get the penguin to stop displaying errors

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yea, it was messed up, cause windows was hiding file extensions. I fixed it though with that.

Did you get it to launch without errors? Knoppix is alright, but there are better livecds out there. I would first recommend a Suse LiveCD (haven't tried their livecd, but if its anything like their installer, you'd love it), PCLinuxOS, Mepis, and maybe even Kanotix before Knoppix.

But did you get your problem fixed?

 

[daniel49]

I have tried ubuntu and fedora.
Knoppix is cool
The best I found so far is PClinux. they have a live cd also with your choice of ati or nividia driver set up and ready to go.

 

[kevinthenerd]

I use Knoppix all the time when I need to work with files that Windows won't let me touch (such as removing stubborn viruses, etc.) For my own personal home use, it makes more sense than devoting a part of my hard drive to it.

At work, we use Fedora for distributed scientific computing. I don't believe there would be a significant speed improvement in switching to another unix/linux.