Munged post. :: [plug] linux in industry

[Milan Pospisil]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:26:56 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>snip<
> And, a knoppix CD is useful to
> demonstrate (and to test for hardware compatibility), without affecting
> the existing system.
>snip< 

Demonstrate - yes, indeed. To test for hardware compatibility - well,
this is a bit tricky,IMHO.
True, it will not effect the existing system, but Knoppix  has been
designed to cover a wide variety of hardware which may not necessarily
be the case for another Linux OS you want to install after you have
tested for Linux compatibility using Knoppix. Take for example this
scenario: NF7 mobo, MX440 graphic card and the rest of the machine
generic hardware. Put Knoppix in(DVD or hard disc) and it will do its
job, no problems. Try to install Mandrake10.0 on the same machine and
all that old Mandrake-nVidia issue start sticking  its ugly head out
again and you have lot of fun in front of you, if not a lot of PITA.
Well, that's my experience, anyway. I guess I had to learn the hard
way...
                               Regards
                                              Milan Pospisil