Version 4 in '05?

[paunchy]

I'm starting the process of writing a Knoppix book and need as much information about future releases as possible. Can anyone tell me if Knoppix V4.0 is likely to occur next year? Thanks.

[UnderScore]

Your best bet would be to email Klaus Knopper or Fabian Franz on the Knoppix development mailing list. You should be able to find the list info at the official Knoppix site: http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
I hope this helps.
James

[Harry Kuhman]

Can anyone tell me if Knoppix V4.0 is likely to occur next year?

What does the version number 4.0 mean to you? If they come out whit a new release with a number of additional features, does it matter if they call it 3.9, 3.17 or 4.0? For that matter, have you been around long enough to have several different 3.1 CD's all with different software and different release dates on them?

[probono]

So you're writing a Knoppix book? Maybe this http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15436 is of interest for you, too.

Greetings,
probono

[paunchy]

Your best bet would be to email Klaus Knopper or Fabian Franz on the Knoppix development mailing list. You should be able to find the list info at the official Knoppix site: http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
I hope this helps.
James

Yes, it does help. I must admit that I'm a little intimidated by the language barrier. I guess there will be some English speakers on the list. Thanks.

What does the version number 4.0 mean to you? If they come out whit a new release with a number of additional features, does it matter if they call it 3.9, 3.17 or 4.0? For that matter, have you been around long enough to have several different 3.1 CD's all with different software and different release dates on them?

The version number doesn't matter that much to me, but does to my publisher. At some point Klaus and the developers will decide to label a release 4.0. Looking at the sequence of the last 9 releases since 2001 (2.1,2.2,3.0,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.6,3.7) it looks like 4.0 might be coming up soon.

I'm relatively new to Knoppix but am having fun with it! The last live Linux CD that I tried was from Yggdrasil in 1994 and I never did get it to work correctly, so it's a real pleasure to use Knoppix.