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The general direction in debian for accessing internet through the wlan interface is here:
5.6.6. The basics of wireless LAN interface and further.
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Most of my illustrious Team Members didn't perhaps notice a minor problem with Knoppix 8.6.1. It is regarding non-functioning Bluetooth device, particularly, package bluetooth-manager blueman.This is...

Unique GPUs/Graphics cards need Linux drivers. Could be downloaded from the website of the Nvidia website, Debian section.
Have you read all sections of cheat codes and tried them, using the init 3...

ntpdate is now deprecated, advised 'sntp', but how to automate its running during each session startup?

Currently, have to run:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ntp start
on a terminal after startup to keep...

We are grateful to you for continuing to release a wonderfully utilitarian OS cum fully functional system ISO for more than a decade at least, when nothing is permanent in this fleeting world. Your...

[Solved] Use apt-get update as a super-user to have synaptic working

Thank you for the information.
Debian has also released a Stretch 9.12 as a security update.
Already downloaded and using Knoppix 8.6.1. It won't be feasible to download the latest release....

As usual I use unpacked KNOPPIX_V8.6.1-2019-10-14-EN.iso and booted with Grub to create a persistent system. In general, I have long been using synaptic to install additional software persistent...

Hello, Winger9, kindly accept my wellwishes.
Have you searched exhaustively the forum threads?

Appears not to.
rsyslog writes some files in /var/log/ folder such as:
auth.log
syslog
daemon.log
kern.log
user.log
and so on.

None of the files are available. But rsyslog package exists.

/KNOPPIX/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00knoppix has the correct mention:

// Debian/stretch is the "stable" release in this version of KNOPPIX!


The following two binaries contain the string:
(1)...

The above sources.list has not been updated for a long time since squeeze.

The Chronology of Debian releases are:
bo/ 1998-12-08 22:17 -
hamm/ 1999-02-15 19:59 -
slink/ ...

This is the sources.list for 8.2:


# Debian/Squeeze is the stable base for this installation
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib non-free
deb...

In the middle the release Repository List has changed.
Now:
stretch→ oldstable
Buster→ stable
bullseye→ testing
sid→ unstable
experimental

So should I restructure the repository list?

In fact, this is easier than it appears!

I used Debian lxde Live Stretch 9.11.0 DVD, made an exact copy of it on the USB pendrive. Used that drive to install Debian Stretch 9.11.0 on the HDD.
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Question (1): How to install Knoppix from USB PenDrive to HDD on a laptop with Win10 pre-installed?

A used laptop received with only Win10 installed. My need is to install Knoppix and Debian and...

I have used the direction in this thread for Knoppix v8.2, but ran into some problems. There seems to be an issue with the ISO. I used the terminal, with a two-partitioned PenDrive, at the command...

This is an excellent option, I figured of late!

I have the information available in the Cheatcodes:

Then I have Capricorny's reply on 32 or 64 bit

Which eventually brings me to the obvious question: Is Knoppix 8.6 fully 64 bit? Also, are...

Doesn't the old way of using the ISO image from HDD partition work? Persistence could be achieved from the ISO image on the HDD partition too.

However, I would request to be pardoned if I...

Nowadays, we have external SATA HDDs available in the market that runs from one USB port. So, one more installation Option needs be added for new Knoppix releases.

I tried the "Boot From USB...

The above menu entry was for my desktop, which had an AMD processor. Otherwise, the menu entry could be: ############################################## menuentry "Knoppix_8.2 ISO" { echo 1 ...

smail
Reverse Depends:

|uucp
rmail
postfix
exim4-config
Among the four, only rmail is installed.

rmail: /usr/bin/rmail /usr/sbin/rmail /usr/bin/X11/rmail...

This query is in connection with my other post, Query: How to Set Up a local smtp email server from own system?

The query is pertinent for my Knoppix 7.2.0.
But why didn't I upgrade to the...

The page link posted above should not be used. Knoppix has sendmail and smail.

whereis smail

smail: /usr/sbin/smail /etc/smail /usr/lib/smail /usr/share/man/man5/smail.5.gz...