Quote Originally Posted by thegroover
Stephen, your explanation was nothing short of exactly what I needed to know. I should've probably mentioned that I had Windows installed on another computer other than the one I was installing Linux to. That problem was solved with the use of those black 3.5" things that my forefathers used to use.

Mate this is a good forum and I can tell you've been here for a while. Thanks for your courteous treatment and I hope one day I can return the favour.
Your welcome good to hear you got it going I probably should have clued in to the second machine in your first post but a lot of people refer to their linux partition as another machine and yeah I've been around a while, long enough that my forefathers used them 8" thingies that actually would flop around hence the term floppy disk.
In regards to the updated version of Knoppix, the only thing that would be an advantage to me at this point would be a more lean version with just Office and Internet tools. But I can't really make a speed judgement until I have really tweaked and understood this operating system.
Good idea get the lay of the land so to speak and move on from there after you get a better handle on how things work. Aside from HUMBUG which I mentioned above a good place for information is always Google for Linux any error you get you should put in the search field and you will more than likely get many, many links to some similar situation someone has already encountered. Also a couple of more links APT HOWTO for using the package manager APT, The Linux Documentation Project, Linux Questions another site dedicated to linux of all flavours and last but not least Debian the Debian website.


I used to use an old Atari ST diligently for music creation. I am comforted to see certain simularities to the Atari interface, blended carefully with Windows and Mac elements aswell. Overall, I feel that despite my no sleep tonight (at all... 28hours going strong.. sorta strong..) I have started on something new and exciting.

Linux is 'cool'... well, as cool as an operating system gets. OSX is good too, but Linux seems more personal, and more Atari.

Cheers!
Yeah I kinda like it too there's all kinds of people just trying to get the problems with other OS's bad behavior solved and have a safe, secure, and stable computing environment and aside from the time and effort it can all be for free and that's always the best price.