I agree we should include this distro, if for no other reason than
that someone supporting the project wants it in. Aside from that, it
sounds pretty neat.
They did not say you had to have a swap partition, they just
indicated it would run like a snail in winter without +128 MB of ram
and a swap partition. Their standard reqs are as follows:
* Intel-compatible CPU (i486 or later),
* 16 MB of RAM for text mode, at least 96 MB for graphics mode
with KDE (at least 128 MB of RAM is recommended to use the various
office products),
* bootable CD-ROM drive, or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM
(IDE/ATAPI or SCSI),
* standard SVGA-compatible graphics card,
* serial or PS/2 standard mouse or IMPS/2-compatible USB-mouse.
They also have the issue Larry ran into with Libranet, If you can't
boot from the CD, you have to make disks. I don't think that should
kill a distro. I also do not think we should include floppies. I
think is asking for viruses.
Doug Riddle
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just read the website and they did not mention a requirement for
> a swap
> partition. However, the site did mention that a swap partition
> could be
> used if there was not enough memory.
>
> Regards, Dustin
>
> At 05:14 AM 8/29/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >I agree. That and the necessity for a swap partition. Most Linux
> >boxes are easily availble to Knoppix, but a windows box would need
> to
> >be repartitioned according to the info on the site.
> >
> >Doug
> >
> >--- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If the aim is to not confuse people, I don't think Knoppix
> would be
> > > the
> > > way to go other than as a demonstration tool. The fact that
> > > personal
> > > settings and hardware configurations can't be saved between
> reboots
> > >
> > > would be quite confusing to someone who's seeking out the
> merits of
> > > a
> > > new operating system. It seems that only an advanced Linux user
> > > could
> > > make actual productive use of that distribution, being that
> he'd
> > > have to
> > > come up with work-arounds for the inconveniences of a read-only
> > > system.
> > >
> > > Dustin Puryear wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am on the other side of the fence. I am thinking of the
> patrons
> > > that
> > > > will be accessing this stuff. Most will have little
> information
> > > about
> > > > Linux. I think we should focus more on distributions like
> Knoppix
> > > that
> > > > don't require a dedicated PC. Also, I think for now we need
> to
> > > keep
> > > > this limited to two or three distributions. After running the
> > > program
> > > > for a bit we will know how every works and then be able to
> > > expand. In
> > > > fact, this is one of the reasons why I ended up taking a more
> > > active
> > > > role in the project--everything was at a stand-still in large
> > > part
> > > > because we were looking at doing too much too soon. At least,
> > > that's
> > > > what I saw happening. I think we should stay small and
> targeted
> > > at
> > > > first and then see how everything works out. No rush.
> > > >
> > > > We need to get a general consensus on this.
> > > >
> > > > Regards, Dustin
> > > >
> > > > At 11:29 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I was thinking about the distributions we should include.
> > > Redhat is
> > > >> practically a given since I think everyone interested in
> Linux
> > > and
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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