[Qcwa] Knoppix Linux Bootable CD

[Robert & Linda Smith]

Thank you sir for this wonderful find.  While I do not have a cd burner 
my friend down the street does.  I will forward your email to her and 
hope she can burn me a copy.  You have give me a great opportunity to 
try Linux.

73 Bob WB6ODR

Robert Harvey wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
>     I've run across something interesting for those of you, like me, who
> would like to play with Linux but don't want to dual-boot their system
> or delete their existing windows partition.  Knoppix (www.knoppix.org)
> is a full implementation of Linux which is configured for a bootable CD.
> 
>    In a nutshell, you can download the 690 MB image file, burn it to a
> 700MB CD, and boot off of it into a fully configured, totally
> application populated Linux desktop.  It even auto-detects and
> configures all your hardware on boot.  One of the best walk-throughs
> (and a good explanation) of this is at
> http://pcbuyersguide.com/software/system/Review-Knoppix_Linux.html .
> 
>    Best of all, this CD is a completely self-contained operating system.
> It locks your hard drives (which can be unlocked should you want to save
> your settings at some later date) so they are completely protected while
> you are in Unix.  The software comes with a windows emulator which will
> run a lot of windows programs from your hard drive.  Basically, you get
> to play with Linux without worry.
> 
>    My Computing experience pretty much followed the Unix/DOS/Windows
> evolution, but I am quite enamored of this "Unix on CD" concept.  I can
> see it having a lot of application for field day, ARES and general
> Amateur Radio use.  The CD, as I said, comes populated with a couple of
> gigabytes (the wonders of software compression) programs, a complete
> Office suite, a packet sniffer, and terminal client (useful for TNC's).
> It runs much smoother and faster than the equivalent windows
> installation on my 333 MHz laptop, and just tears on the 2.53GHz
> desktop, so I'm convinced it can make usable PC's out of all the old
> field day PC's you've given up for dead.
> 
>    Even if you don't have a CD burner, I'm sure each club can have
> someone download the Image and burn a bunch of CD's for distribution at
> the next meeting.  It's pretty interesting and a real new twist for me.
> I encourage you to try it.
> 
> If you have the ability to boot from CD, and can tolerate the almost
> 700MB download, give this a try.  You will get a kick out of it, and
> will have a complete, workable operating system on CD for the day your
> hard drive gives up the ghost.
> 
> 73, Harv, K2PI / ON9CPI
> 
> PS: I just know someone will send a post to the group saying,
> essentially that they know so much more about it, have been using Linux
> since the Roman Empire, etc.  Please don't.  I'm just passing on
> something I think will be useful, and claim no special knowledge other
> than that gleaned in 24 hours of playing with the CD.  If you have
> something to add, by all means, but the one-upmanship on the reflector
> is just too much sometimes.  73.
> 
> 
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