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Knoppix 3.6 Review
Contributed by Andy Kissner in Reviews on 2006-03-08 02:02:25
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Bottom Line

Overall, I'd give Knoppix 3.6 an 8 out of 10. There was a lot that I liked, but there were some parts that I'd do differently, and the mess with my graphics card didn't really help. But the Pro's definitely outweigh the Con's by a long shot!

Pro's:
-Fast Boot-up
-Good selection of pre-loaded applications
-Highly customizable
-Blazing Fast everything
-Automatic Detection of a variety of Hardware
-Good Networking
-Doesn't touch your hard drive
-You have the ability to mount your hard drive as read-write
-Automatically Detected and Mounted my Zip Drive, Flash Drive, and USB Memory Stick

Con's
-Doesn't tell you what to type for a default boot unless you press a button
-Not all boot options are on the menu available at bootup, you have to browse the CD
-Default Screen-Resolution not very good
-No boot option to mount hard-drive read-write; you have to first unmount it and then remount it read-write (default read-only)

I would definitely recommend Knoppix 3.6 if you are looking for a Live CD version of Linux. Some people even copy the image to their hard drive and use it as their primary OS; it's THAT fast and that usable! This is definitely a hit, not a miss.


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Discussion(s)
Isn't the current release 4.0.2 with 5.
Written by Alan Cohen on 2006-03-15 18:09:46
The title says it all
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student
Written by s on 2007-11-07 10:55:01
Did you boot up from a CD you were provided? Where do you get it? I am not sure how to download it but will need it for a class I am taking,
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