Quote Originally Posted by phaedral
One cat actually said "Knoppix stole debian."
Excellent! What do they say about other Debian-based bastardizations...like Lindows (oops "Linspire"). Debian should be appreciative that these spinoffs are increasing the popularity of Linux in general and their version of Linux in particular without compromising the basic free and open philosophy behind Linux.

What I mean is, one of the factors limiting the expansion of Linux is the continual issue of hardware support since HW support has to be compiled into the kernel. Linux could go a long way toward making support easier for manufacturers by providing a connection for proprietary drivers...but they won't do it because the drivers would be closed source which would compromise the 'free and open' philosophy.

I wouldn't expect Debian purists to 'support' my own Knoppix-based-Debian-based customization but they shouldn't put it down either.

Quote Originally Posted by Cuddles
I have to admit, when I was "collecting" my kernel sources, for this "big" compile, I did have to grab those "specific" patch source code that makes what Knoppix is, which was, one more step, but, that wasnt a big deal either... And, yes, I did have to do another step, I had to change the version of the compiler to what "Knoppix" has been compiled under originally...
What are those patches? what do they do? Are they necessary...what if you just used a standard Debian kernel? Would something not work?
and finally, Why does Klaus continue to use an old version of gcc?

Quote Originally Posted by phaedral
As for "consult the debian forums," well, just don't consult #debian...not unless you're wearing your asbestos knickers. Anyone explain the hostility there?
Perhaps we should have the "consult Debian forums" advice removed.

Quote Originally Posted by Cuddles
I must admit, here, this forum, we have lots of people who aren't even running Knoppix, they run something else, but, this forum has one thing, actually, lots of things, going for it...

We work together, we try and help "anyone", we just "chat", we are a "family" in a matter of speaking - no judgements, at least from what I've seen, everyone can do what they want, run what they want, and lastly, I think we "are" a community, as the original poster stated - I think we all "see" that Linux, as a whole, is in this "together", and if we work together, we will deffinately go far...
Never mind the Debian forums. THIS is the best place to ask about Knoppix issues. In fact this forum has to rate as one of the best anywhere. Very rarely does anyone with any question no matter how simple get the RTFM put down. Very rarely does anyone get bad advice which will steer them wrong. The proof is that it's continually active.

WE (and I'm proud to consider myself as part of the WE) should give ourselves a pat on the back.