XANDROS or KNOPPIX

[jerryjg]

Hi, so far i have settled on MEPIS, but wondering about "XANDROS" or " KNOPPIX". Is "MEPIS" still best for the novice?

 

[Basie]

Try them both. Xandros requires a install on the hard drive. Knoppix is a Live CD. No need to install it.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

MEPIS 4 LIFE!!

its the best, hands down.

 

[keeleysam]

Fedrora > *

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
MEPIS 4 LIFE!!

its the best, hands down.

nuh uh!

 

[Shamrock]

Mepis >KNOPPIX or Xandros

and nOc, yes, we know...you're talking about BSD :\

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
MEPIS 4 LIFE!!

its the best, hands down.

nuh uh!

well out of the ones he listed, at least. which is your favorite?

 

[willstay]

I initially downloaded Knoppix Live CD to prove myself this Unix should be a crap. But it was just opposite. To begin with, it detected Pixel View TV card on my P4 and I could instantly watch TV programs. It is really great to boot PC without hard disk and be able to dial up and browse Internet. The only bad about Live Ubuntu is it doesn't detect my TV card and doesn't show my Hard Disk even when it is connected.

The MOST valuable thing Live Knoppix comes with is memtest preconfigured at boot prompt. I use memtest more often than Knoppix. I never forget to take my Knoppix CD when I go troubleshoot faultly PCs.

 

[pibb]

Knoppix live-distro has done me right in the past, though im not a avid linux user (ive only used it and HD installed suse)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
MEPIS 4 LIFE!!

its the best, hands down.

nuh uh!

well out of the ones he listed, at least. which is your favorite?

I don't use live cds, so I have no basis for comparison.

I would be interested to see the tests you performed to come to your objective conclusion though.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Shamrock
Mepis >KNOPPIX or Xandros

and nOc, yes, we know...you're talking about BSD :\

I didn't mention BSD. I didn't hint towards BSD. I wasn't even thinking about BSD.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Shamrock
Mepis >KNOPPIX or Xandros

and nOc, yes, we know...you're talking about BSD :\

I didn't mention BSD. I didn't hint towards BSD. I wasn't even thinking about BSD.

You don't have to mention anything. You mention OBSD just by your presence in a thread.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: drag

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Shamrock
Mepis >KNOPPIX or Xandros

and nOc, yes, we know...you're talking about BSD :\

I didn't mention BSD. I didn't hint towards BSD. I wasn't even thinking about BSD.

You don't have to mention anything. You mention OBSD just by your presence in a thread.

Is that good or bad?

 

[Gamerguy68]

Try PCBSD .. hehe

Here

 

[Granorense]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: drag

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Shamrock
Mepis >KNOPPIX or Xandros

and nOc, yes, we know...you're talking about BSD :\

I didn't mention BSD. I didn't hint towards BSD. I wasn't even thinking about BSD.

You don't have to mention anything. You mention OBSD just by your presence in a thread.

Is that good or bad?

You know we all appreciate you very much!

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
MEPIS 4 LIFE!!

its the best, hands down.

nuh uh!

well out of the ones he listed, at least. which is your favorite?

I don't use live cds, so I have no basis for comparison.

I would be interested to see the tests you performed to come to your objective conclusion though.

I actually meant favorite distro. I assume its a flavor of BSD? I was actually thinking of trying out DesktopBSD for maybe the laptop.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX

I actually meant favorite distro. I assume its a flavor of BSD? I was actually thinking of trying out DesktopBSD for maybe the laptop.

Desktop BSD is based on FreeBSD. I'm not a big fan of FreeBSD personally. I don' t really have any quantitative reasons, and I haven't even tried it since 3.something. NetBSD is pretty good, but OpenBSD's setup just feels better to me.

DragonflyBSD is pretty interesting too, but I don't plan on using it until it stabilizes a bit.