What Debain is Knoppix 3.11 based on?

**beforewisdom** · 03-31-2003, 12:07 AM

Just curious

Steve

**rickenbacherus** · 03-31-2003, 01:27 AM

open a terminal:
xedit /debian_version

**beforewisdom** · 03-31-2003, 02:49 AM

Tried :

xedit /debian_version

It thinks I am asking for a file or directory and tells me there is no such thing

Steve

**rickenbacherus** · 03-31-2003, 03:20 AM

DOH! - sorry

xedit /etc/debian_version

**beforewisdom** · 03-31-2003, 12:33 PM

Well, I did "emacs -nw /etc/debian_version" (as well as using xedit ).

All it told me was

"testing/unstable"

Is that all it is supposed to tell me?

If so, is there a way to get a version number ( besides going to debian.org and looking at the numbers they have for testing/unstable)?

Steve

**rickenbacherus** · 04-01-2003, 02:29 PM

Knoppix (as far as I know) isn't based on any one release- it's a combination of the best software (decided by Klaus et. al.). When you mix testing/unstable branches you create new challenges for yourself. Knoppix wasn't as easy as compressing a release, making it bootable and posting the .iso for download. You could always join the mailing list and ask.
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/MailingList

**Wirf** · 04-03-2003, 01:55 PM

You can see which sources are/were used by looking in the /etc/apt/sources.list file
It is quite a long list and there is no single version version of Debian on which Knoppix is based, it actually are serveral versions of Debian and some extra's