[6.2.1] Screen + keyboard issues

[kl522]

I take exception with a few things here:

1) IF you manage to install it, Knoppix needs some space on the hard disk for its partition. Unless there is unallocated space that is not in another partition (unlikely), then partitions need to be modified or deleted and recreated, not a simple and easy task for a novice.

True but not that bad if you use a Gparted LiveCD.

2) If the disk contains a NTFS partition taking all of the available space (likely for a Windows user, even if the partition is nearly empty ) then writing to it at all with Knoppix is considered dangerous and may corrupt all of your data.

I won't recommend this but I am using this myself. I discovered that Knoppix 6.2 will not umount cleanly but ever since I fixed that, and plus I am using a newer ntfs-3g driver, I am pretty comfortable with this. Knoppix appears only as a few files to the host file system, most of them readonly, the only writable one is knoppix-data.img. My Usb is just too slow.

3) Knoppix is a live CD or DVD, and isn't really intended to be installed to hard disk or suitable for it. There are a few hacks for doing this, but they are for special cases such as class room use. If you want a knoppix like Linux installed to a hard disk, you are much better off installing Debian rather than Knoppix, this is what Debian is intended for. (Same space issues still apply).

I prefer ubuntu as Desktop because they always put out new things on it.

Cheers