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Posted by Tom Moser
on 2002-08-30 09:35:41 UTC
I went to the knoppix site and it is all in german. Is there a way to view
this site in english?

Thanks

>Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:58:15 -0700
> From: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@...>
>Subject: BDI question and Knoppix plug
>
>Once BDI is installed, does it ever need the CD-ROM drive again? I ask
>because my CNC PC is in kind of a slim mini-ATX case with no 5-1/4 drive
>bay. I have hooked up a CD-ROM temporarily with the case open, and could
>again to install BDI to play with it, but I wouldn't want to make a habit
>of it.
>
>Desmond Crisis on CNET Radio is on a Linux kick. After hearing him
>mention Knoppix one day, I downloaded it (thank goodness for access to a
>broadband connection). It's a 700+ MB CD-ROM disk image, and Knoppix is a
>distribution of Debian Linux that will run right from the CD-ROM. It is
>fantastic (this coming from a mainly DOS guy who has never touched Linux
>before). I have played with it on four computers, and it has
>auto-detected the hardware on all four, even the USB mouse on my
>daughter's PC. It has Open Office, KDE desktop, a whole ton of
>applications (including the best PC planetarium program I've ever seen)
>and you can apparently install it onto the hard drive if you want. Other
>than that, it doesn't touch the HD except to make a swapfile on PC's with
>not much memory. It's from Klaus Knopper, a German engineer, and is
>available from http://www.knoppix.org It is really really slick!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Randy
>
>Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,----.___________ ______________ _________________
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>
>
>


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