Hi
I got to know that there are non-free applications bundled along with Knoppix CD. Does anyone know if there is a variant of Knoppix? I figured it would be easier to just download and use / distribute that instead of removing the non-free packages from the Knoppix CD and creating one myself.
Apparently RMS told me a few days back that the 'vrms' tool does not guarantee the results to be 100% true since it purely depends on the deb package maintainer.
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/vrms.html
Regards
Rishi
Rishi Gangoly posts:
I got to know that there are non-free applications bundled along with Knoppix CD. Does anyone know if there is a variant of Knoppix?
Starting from v3.3, I understand that Knoppix has removed `non-free' apps like acroread etc. I have not checked this version. There was a long discussion with Klaus Knopper to remove `non-free', some of the guys refused to mirror the Knoppix ISO which was tainted with non-free apps.
There is Morphix, Damn Small GNU/Linux etc.
Better still, just install the base system of Debian GNU and go on adding apps which are Free and which you need.
Starting from v3.3, I understand that Knoppix has removed `non-free' apps like acroread etc.
I've loaded V 3.3 and it still has acroread. :-(
There is Morphix, Damn Small GNU/Linux etc.
Will try that out.
Better still, just install the base system of Debian GNU and go on adding apps which are Free and which you need.
I guess Debian is fine, but I don't like the installer. ;-)
I really like the Knoppix Installer. It's short, sweet, to the point and gets the job done.
Regards
Rishi
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Rishi Gangoly wrote:
Hi
I got to know that there are non-free applications bundled along with Knoppix CD. Does anyone know if there is a variant of Knoppix? I figured it would be easier to just download and use / distribute that instead of removing the non-free packages from the Knoppix CD and creating one myself.
http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/Knoppix http://intevation.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs-misc.cgi/freie_software_knoppix/
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