eadz
06-19-2003, 07:52 AM
The LinuxTag 2003 Knoppix DVD will be Knoppix 4 I think, because the background image has "Knoppix 4".
http://www.knoppix.net/images/k4.jpg
It has 3.8GB of software! ( that uncompressed, compressed it is 1.5GB ) and 2000+ packages.
It is just as fast as the CD version ( some had suggested it would be slower )
I will be editing this post later when I do some more testing, so this is an incomplete post.
It said "Not for distribution" on the splash screen. I'm guessing that is becasue of the LinuxTag content that will be added onto the DVD version.
Report :
- New background is nice
- I don't like the KDE splash screen. I think the usual KDE splash screen should be used ( the KDE people at linuxtag might get offended? ) - also the splash still says 3.2
- Right click and "rotate image" fails silenty if tried on the image onthe CD ( because it's read only I'm guessing )
- nothing happens when I click on "Twisted instand messenger (2.2)" in the K Menu
- index.html Knoppix Info page still says 3.2, and links to the General Knoppix packages list, which will be different for the DVD version
- maybe instead of in the boot up "Knoppix Live-Linux-CD" it shoud be "Knoppix Live-Linux-DVD"
- I tried booting with desktop=xfce4 and at first I thought it was broken becasue nothing happened, but then I middle clicked and got a menu. I'm not sure what xfce4 is usually like becasue I have never used it before, but even when I did get the middle click menu working all I could get to run was the terminal
- the pointer in gnome ( when you boot with desktop=gnome ) is a much better size. If that pointer could be used with KDE that would be cool
- There is no "KNOPPIX" menu in the gnome menu. It is accessable via "kde menu -> knoppix" in the gnome menu however.
I'll go through the K menu items and report on issues :
- applications->databases->postgresql - pops up a dialoug with "which database?" - I have no idea! I don't think this should be in the menu
- applications->emulators->bochs - nothing happens when I click on this
- development -> Kdevelop really needs the QT Editor ( which isn't installed ) to be really useful imho
- development - >xrced : nothing happens
- parts of openoffice in German ( File menu -> new -> german here ) - maybe in more places too, but I only checked there becasue that is where I have seen it before.
- kpovmodeler is useless without povray
- there are 2 menu entries for QT parted in K->System
more later
http://www.knoppix.net/images/k4.jpg
It has 3.8GB of software! ( that uncompressed, compressed it is 1.5GB ) and 2000+ packages.
It is just as fast as the CD version ( some had suggested it would be slower )
I will be editing this post later when I do some more testing, so this is an incomplete post.
It said "Not for distribution" on the splash screen. I'm guessing that is becasue of the LinuxTag content that will be added onto the DVD version.
Report :
- New background is nice
- I don't like the KDE splash screen. I think the usual KDE splash screen should be used ( the KDE people at linuxtag might get offended? ) - also the splash still says 3.2
- Right click and "rotate image" fails silenty if tried on the image onthe CD ( because it's read only I'm guessing )
- nothing happens when I click on "Twisted instand messenger (2.2)" in the K Menu
- index.html Knoppix Info page still says 3.2, and links to the General Knoppix packages list, which will be different for the DVD version
- maybe instead of in the boot up "Knoppix Live-Linux-CD" it shoud be "Knoppix Live-Linux-DVD"
- I tried booting with desktop=xfce4 and at first I thought it was broken becasue nothing happened, but then I middle clicked and got a menu. I'm not sure what xfce4 is usually like becasue I have never used it before, but even when I did get the middle click menu working all I could get to run was the terminal
- the pointer in gnome ( when you boot with desktop=gnome ) is a much better size. If that pointer could be used with KDE that would be cool
- There is no "KNOPPIX" menu in the gnome menu. It is accessable via "kde menu -> knoppix" in the gnome menu however.
I'll go through the K menu items and report on issues :
- applications->databases->postgresql - pops up a dialoug with "which database?" - I have no idea! I don't think this should be in the menu
- applications->emulators->bochs - nothing happens when I click on this
- development -> Kdevelop really needs the QT Editor ( which isn't installed ) to be really useful imho
- development - >xrced : nothing happens
- parts of openoffice in German ( File menu -> new -> german here ) - maybe in more places too, but I only checked there becasue that is where I have seen it before.
- kpovmodeler is useless without povray
- there are 2 menu entries for QT parted in K->System
more later