I feel the need to note that Knoppix is primarily targeted as a Live CD. A CD
that you boot a PC from without anychanges being made to you hard drive. It
allows you to try Linux out or use Linux for something that you want to do
every so often without the need to actually install it. Since it doesn't
make any changes to your system it makes a good demo to give to people who
are curious about Linux.

It uses a compression scheme on the CD that allows nearly 2Gb of data to be
stored on a single CD. This allows them to include a vast array of Linux
software. It includes things like Mozilla, OpenOffice, Audio composition
software. The list goes on and on. More info?

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:59:30AM -0400, Matthew Brush wrote:
> >I like to show Knoppix not because it's the best, but because it's a good
> >blend of a lot of current software along with painless, drop in setup.
>
> I will try this dist. for sure.  Hopefully it's not like the new mandrake
> which gives me problems installing because my old computer isn't good
> enough anymore.  I've known there were much more user friendly
> distributions out there, but I get very confused by the sheer amount of
> them that I just say forget it.
> [snip]
> Thanks for the tip on the linux dist. Byron.
>
> MJ Brush

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