Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum' Versions 225
prostoalex writes "Everyone's favorite Knoppix project will be split into light and maximum editions, which should end the argument on whether the Live CD operating system should focus on small footprint, or greater support for external applications." From the linked ZDNet article:
"'We will split the mainstream edition of Knoppix into two versions: a 'maximum' DVD edition with a complete Debian installation, and a 'light' edition on CD that contains the most popular desktop and server software only, for older computers or smaller systems that don't have a bootable DVD drive yet,' said Knopper."
Re:Who? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Who? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Windows Manager (Score:2, Informative)
Umm... (Score:4, Informative)
Not likely. It'll just mean that each camp will have a disc that suits them.
Re:Windows Manager (Score:5, Informative)
knoppix desktop=icewm
Shaking in his boots (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=install+kn
Re:Who? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Who? (Score:2, Informative)
I can only see this as bad if you have a suspended session saved on the swap partition. Think laptops.
Re:bad call (Score:3, Informative)
Morphix, anyone? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Morphix, anyone? (Score:3, Informative)
Remastering Knoppix (Score:4, Informative)
Re:How about "ultralight" CD for vintage-95 system (Score:5, Informative)
One I tried recently, which is close to your needs is FeatherLinux (http://featherlinux.berlios.de/ [berlios.de]). I'm not sure about XL/Powerpoint in the default install, but it can install OpenOffice if you wish.
Re:Remastering Knoppix (Score:4, Informative)
Damn Small Linux (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Windows Manager (Score:3, Informative)
Re:How about "ultralight" CD for vintage-95 system (Score:2, Informative)
Fact: FireFox is slow and bloated. It takes about 35 MB of main memory, so don't even think about loading it on systems with less than 64 MB of RAM. Even konqueror doesn't take more memory and renders pages at least twice as fast.
So I would suggest something like this:
Conclusion: I think there aren't any Office-compatible apps that run at least halfway decent on a Pentium 90. You'd better try Windows 95 and Office 97, that is even usable on a 486.*) Sorry for the table, but I incapable of convincing Slashdot to display anything table-like.
Re:Windows Manager (Score:3, Informative)
Something like Knoppix Cheat Codes [confederatelinux.com], perhaps?