[plug] Knoppix from WAIX/Parnet?

[Colin Muller]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 10:42:11AM +0800, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> On Monday 05 August 2002 10:14, Colin Muller wrote:
> > 
> > It's Debian-based, so you don't even need to mention it in confession
> 
> WOOHOO!
> I wondered about that, but didn't read deeply enough to figure out
> what it was based on. ^_^;; I wonder if it is then easy to tack on
> extra DEBs to customise the "install"?  I definitely want to take it
> for a spin now.

I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it does raise the
possibility of an install which consists of copying the contents of a
CD to a HDD, having a fully-functional system instantly, and only
afterwards tweaking, tuning and adding stuff (i.e. install first, ask
questions later, rather than the current ask questions first, install
later).

Bearing in mind that most end users want something that just works,
and couldn't care less about optimisations which happen during
install, this might be a more mass-market-friendly approach than that
of current distros (and other OSes), it seems to me.

Colin