Preston Boyington wrote: > > I am involved with a project that is (currently) using Knoppix as a > base for a LiveCD. The end result of the project is having a "trial" > cdrom that can then be installed as a real Debian system. > > I know that there are projects like Morphix (which is what the Debian > Non-Profit is based on) and that there are several tutorials on > converting Knoppix/Morphix into a Debian system, but is there a better > "variant" out there?
Somewhat earlier, a LiveCD distro called Kanotix was mentioned: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/08/msg03895.html On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:35:06 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Spencer wrote: > > >Firstly, I wondered if there was a way I could get involved with > >testing and documenting of new software, > I'm no expert, but here's what I'd suggest. Pick a package. Write > documentation for it. Submit it to the author of the manpage for that > package; submit it to the Linux Documentation Project; put it on your > own web site, with keywords that Google and other search engine > spiders will find; collect several and publish a book. You can also > contact the author(s) of a package (not just the package's man page) > and work with them to tweak interface and docs. > > > Secondly, Knoppix is a branch of Debian right? > Not really. It's a LiveCD that's based on Debian, but it's not a > branch of Debian. Kanotix is another similar LiveCD, but unlike > Knoppix, if you install it to your hard drive it results in a pure > Debian install, without stuff from third parties. (At least that's my > current understanding of it.) > > > X config is a nightmare with Debian (I have spent many hours > > swearing at it) but Knoppix just gets on with it and you can tweak > > later. Is it possible to do this on an established Debian > > installation? If not why not? > The Debian installer is getting better (have you tried the new > installer, or have you only used Woody's installer?). Part of the > problem with an automatic installer on Debian like there is in Knoppix > is that Knoppix is tailored to x86 hardware, whereas Debian works on > something like 13 different arches. A recent thread on this list (last > week?) talks about these issues. Someone pointed out that Anaconda > works on several arches too, so it's conceivable that the number of > arches might not be such a roadblock in the future. Other issues are > the various methods used to install Debian; and automatic installer > might not have the flexibility that Debian's installer has, although > again, I believe a poster in the previous thread somewhat debunked > this point also. > > But the bottom line is that Debian's installer is currently in > transition from Woody's to a new more modular and flexible approach. > Once the basics of that new approach are firmed up, it probably won't > be long before front ends are created for that base that make much of > Debian's installer much more ,*cough*, "user friendly". > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The world's most effective spam filter: ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]