On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:39:44PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > > > 4) Lastly, I hope you will not mind me mentioning Knoppix but I have seen > > impressive screen shots of it while there are very few available for Debian. > > Knoppix however appears to be merely an introductory vehicle for Linux so my > > thinking is that I may as well skip it and instead go straight to the full > > capabilities of Debian even though it will likely involve considerable > > research before I can fully utilize it. Any thoughts for a novice about to > > venture into Debian? > > Yes. I would suggest to directly install Debian without bothering > about knoppix. Knoppix is useful for seeing if a particular works with > linux or not. Knoppix has very good hardware detection capabilities. > But for long term usage, debian is the way to go. >
Just an anecdote: On my most recent installation of Debian on hardware with which I was unfamiliar, I attempted to use Knoppix to check out the hardware. It did not install successfully, but I went on to try NetInstall anyway and NetInstall worked. It turns out it was kind of a pyrrhic victory because there was only 30 MB of RAM on the box and the intended use was User Desktop with GUI. But NetInstall did work where Knoppix did not. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
