[PD] Distro Doubt

Paris Treantafeles paris at parisgraphics.com
Fri Feb 17 16:02:21 CET 2006


Hi d5,

I'm experimenting with distros myself - been running debian for about  
a month and pretty happy but... can you explain a bit about why you  
recommend Kanotix for ATI users?

Thanks,
p


On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:49 AM, day 5 wrote:

> Kanotix is superior.
>
> I use Kanotix. I wouldn't go back to Ubuntu / Demudi.
>
> GridFlow, PDP, pidip, GEM all work magnificently. I would not  
> change to Ubuntu even if Hoary paid me with a box load of Ubuntu  
> install CD's.
>
> Although one must consider what hardware you are running on; my  
> synopsis is thus:
>
> Nvidia - use Ubuntu / Demudi
> ATI - use Kanotix
>
> see also #kanotix on irc.freenode.net - I reiterate once again, a  
> truly superior distribution.
>
> People tend to use RedHat or Ubuntu only because they "know the  
> name". Kanotix is the best distro you've never heard of.
>
>
> ./d5
>
> On Feb 16, 2006, at 11:18 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote:
>
>> Le 16 Février 2006 21:03, vincent rioux a écrit :
>>> Hello Marc,
>>> could you tell us why you choose Kanotix instead of Knoppix to  
>>> create
>>> your custom liveCD/installCD?
>>
>> Because it uses Debian unstable. And because there's more goodies.
>> Kanotix is based on Knoppix. It's a Knoppix on steroids.
>>
>>> i once tried with Knoppix and found that it was relatively easy  
>>> if one
>>> follows:
>>> http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto
>>> but unfortunately did not find much time to go on.
>>> i also tried Morphix but paradoxically found it slightly more  
>>> difficult.
>>
>> This howto is to modify an image. I had to figure how to remaster  
>> a HD
>> install because I needed to update too many packages. It's not easy,
>> there's still grey zones, but it works.
>> --
>> Marc
>>
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