I have several machines whose only storage peripheral is the CD from which
they boot Knoppix. No floppy, no HD, no USB key. I use them as drones for
my number-crunching hobbies. I know space is tight, and I've read the FAQ,
but I'd like to suggest the addition of some number-crunching programs on
the live CD, so that I, and the few like me, don't always have to pull executables
off a central NFS server. In particular, the general purpose numeric package
'gp' (which is like 'dc', 'bc', or 'calc' on steroids).

Incidentally, I'm co-author of an upcoming (i.e. accepted for publication) article
in linux magazine where I explicitly mention Knoppix as my live CD of choice.

Keep up the good work, all those involved.
Phil