Why is 4.0 3.09Gigs?

[TheChemist187]

Its last version was arround 700MB, why did jump all the way to 3.09GB?

[ruymbeke]

Its last version was arround 700MB, why did jump all the way to 3.09GB?

What about a full featured DVD and later to be released a reduced function set CD ?

[TheChemist187]

Its last version was arround 700MB, why did jump all the way to 3.09GB?

What about a full featured DVD and later to be released a reduced function set CD ?

But what are the new features, like i said more than a 2GB jump to the next version?

[UnderScore]

But what are the new features, like i said more than a 2GB jump to the next version?

Not new features, but new programs. Games, programming, Office applications etc all contribute to the increased size.

Number of packages on Knoppix 3.9 CD: 1226
Number of packages on Knoppix 4.0 DVD: 2721
Stats compiled from http://debian.ams.sunysb.edu/knoppix...d/packages.txt and http://debian.ams.sunysb.edu/knoppix...ckages-dvd.txt

From http://debian.ams.sunysb.edu/knoppix...-CHANGELOG.txt

* V4.0DVD-2005-08-16
- Project split into DVD and CD edition
- OpenOffice 2.0 build 104 (english/german)
- Lots and lots of package updates
- Bugfixes: floppyconf, knoppix-installer
- Kernel 2.6.12(.4) update
- KDE 3.4.1 from Debian/experimental
- correct agpgart module detection
- tulip PCI id fix in hwdata
- ralink and madwifi driver updates
- hostap added
- removed "slow USB block device" (ub) option (problems with usb-storage reported)
- chmod cdrecord/cdrdao to no longer run suid root because of changed kernel ioctls
- Added development packages: eclipse, mono
- Added most kde-i18n langiages from unstable
- Added knoppix books and Open Source Jahrbuch
- Added m23 software distribution system
- Added Knoppix menu item for setting root password
- Added AVM modules for DSL and ISDN cards
- Added ISDN/DSL configuration packages from Kanotix
- Added alternative desktops: gnome, ratpoison, xfce4, openbox
- Added (too many to list) packages from Debian/sarge (abiword, gnumeric...)
- Replaced mozilla-suite by mozilla-firefox and mozilla-thunderbird
- linux-ntfs (sourceforge) CVS snapshot
- Known bugs:
- Some cd-recording programs have wrong permissions and therefore cannot be
started from k3b . Just use
sudo chmod g+x /usr/bin/cdrecord* /usr/bin/cdparanoia /usr/bin/cdrdao /usr/bin/cdda2wav
to fix this problem.
- knoppix-terminalserver doesn't work because of a missing library
in the initial ramdisk. A patch is supplied in the DVD directory
on the mirrors.

* V4.0CD-2005-08-16 (not released yet)
- Project split into DVD and CD edition (see DVD version above)
- OpenOffice 2.0 build 104 (english/german)
- Lots and lots of package updates
- Bugfixes: floppyconf, knoppix-installer
- Kernel 2.6.12(.4) update
- KDE 3.4.1 from Debian/experimental
- correct agpgart module detection
- tulip PCI id fix in hwdata
- ralink and madwifi driver updates
- hostap added
- removed "slow USB block device" (ub) option (problems with usb-storage reported)
- chmod cdrecord/cdrdao to no longer run suid root because of changed kernel ioctls
- Updated kde-i18n langiages from unstable
- Added Knoppix menu item for setting root password
- Added AVM modules for DSL and ISDN cards
- Added ISDN/DSL configuration packages from Kanotix
- Replaced mozilla-suite by mozilla-firefox and mozilla-thunderbird
- Removed most developer libraries and kdevelop in favour of updating/extending
desktop applications. gcc, g++ and gcj and some other programming languages
are still included for educational reasons (or building custom kernel modules).
- linux-ntfs (sourceforge) CVS snapshot

* V3.9-2005-05-27
- OpenOffice 2.0 BETA (german and english)
- KDE 3.4.0 from alioth
- Kernel 2.6.11.10
- Small WIFI and hwsetup updates
- unionfs update
- dist-upgrade from sid