Quote Originally Posted by sn0wflake
I don't approve the direction Knoppix is heading regarding the size of recent distributions. DVD releases do not live up to my expectation of Knoppix being portable, i.e. can be used on all hardware, even old stuff. Downloading of a DVD is also too painful, even with a multi-megabit connection. When it's finally downloaded you have to burn it and I personally know nobody with a DVD-burner.
It's funny and ironic how Linux users make fun of Windows bloatware and then read the Knoppix forum where 9 GB is just dandy and übercool.
My idea of Knoppix 3.5 was with Linux kernel 2.6.8 only on a single CD. I just hope this DVD release is a mere testbed.
I was thinking, Knoppix on DVD. Kewl, I got to download that right away. But then it occured to me it wouldn't boot on my computer, since my BIOS only allows me to have one CDROM drive configured to boot and that is my CD Drive, not my DVD Drive. Then I thought kewl, I could use it on one of my older computers. But then I remembered my older DVD drive can not read +R or -R DVD's. I think you are right, Knoppix is much better on a CDROM. It is one disk that will work in virtually any PC and has all the essiential tools. If I want something larger, I should just go with a Gentoo installation, as at least then I will only need to wait for the downloads once I decide I need them.

Bill