New book featuring Knoppix published

[Scofius]

Might anyone know what version of Knoppix is available with Marcel's book "Moving To Linux:..." Is it 3.2, 3.3, or any other version? Thanx!

[tarvid]

Yesterday, I recovered data from an XP system that would not boot with Knoppix. Not particularly difficult, but much more functional than any MS alternative. I posted the complete story on our home page ls.net

[eadz]

Might anyone know what version of Knoppix is available with Marcel's book "Moving To Linux:..." Is it 3.2, 3.3, or any other version? Thanx!

3.2 I think, going by the screenshot on the cover which is KDE3.x, although the screenshots inside the book are 2.2x

[bbotbuilder]

Kiss the blue screen of death goodbye.

Yeah. And get ready to kiss kernel panic.

"kernel panic" Google hits 187,000
"blue screen of death" Google hits 131,000

And, uh, "kernal panic" Google hits 26,400

Except for the price of admission, Linux is as much of a circus as any other OS.

And, you know, it's just a computer - Get a Life!

Sorry but your comparing apples and oranges. There's a lot of people building their own linux systems from the ground up. When you do this there is obviously a lot of room for mistakes, but at least you CAN do this with linux. Free to tinker with the kernel et all.

Likewise I've got linux servers that run for months on end (and in the case of some other people years) without ever needing a reboot. I seriously doubt whether or not that can be said of any windows server.

I must say however that the only time I've experienced kernel panic is when I've either booted from or installed bad cd's. In this case it's been my fault for a bad burn or else my download has been corrupted.

I don't know about the experience of others in the forum, but I've experienced a lot more of the BSOD than kernel panic.

Iexperience kernel panic on my older machine, about one time in every twenty boots. (it is a basic workstation that is shutdown about at the end of the day

[Snow]

Kiss the blue screen of death goodbye.

Yeah. And get ready to kiss kernel panic.

"kernel panic" Google hits 187,000
"blue screen of death" Google hits 131,000

And, uh, "kernal panic" Google hits 26,400

Except for the price of admission, Linux is as much of a circus as any other OS.

And, you know, it's just a computer - Get a Life!

I'm not sure how your system is set up but of all the systems I have ever loaded Knoppix on I have never seen kernel panic.
Running off the disc or from a harddrive. Knoppix and all Linux distros I have used in the last 18 months have been superiror to Windows in every way.
As soon as the hardware companies start putting out drivers for Linux and software companies see that there is a market for Linux software there will be no reason for people to use windows. Unless that is that they like to torture themselves.

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Here's a link to a good review of this book over at Unix Review:
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8887/ur0309k
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-- Michael Rudas
Metro Detroit Linux Users' Group: http://www.MDLUG.org
PengiuCon 2.0, April 2004: http://www.PenguiCon.org

Sorry, but your link is dead....

Regards,

[Loper]

"Here's a link to a good review of this book over at Unix Review..." Sorry, but your link is dead...

The original link changed on the Unix Review site. I edited the original post; here's the new link again: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1357/ur0309k
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-- Michael Rudas
Oak Park Computer Club: http://opcc.2ya.com
Metro Detroit Linux Users' Group: http://www.MDLUG.org
PenguiCon 2.0 Open Source & Science Fiction convention, April 2004: http://www.PenguiCon.org

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Sorry, still dead....

[Cuddles]

I am a newbie to Knoppix - I had seen the advertisement for the book pop up once in a while, but just gave it advertisement garbage poop.

With the consideration from those in this thread, and the lack of my NON-MS knowledge of other OS's on the market - I am seriously going to check this book out the next time I am in the store.

I am not one who stands on the old saying "ignornace is bliss", or something along the lines of an anti- "forethought" knowledge. I want to know what I am getting into, BEFORE I get into it. In my theory, I want to go online with Knoppix, and BE secure, before I hit the internet. I have been with MS since DOS 1.12, and have seen the Windows Updates each time I have Windows Updater suggest new patches.

My problem with "the other OS" is simply that "The Flying Window OS" makes new OS's without previous knowledge of the problems in those OS's. From what I have seen, and heard, Windows 95 had tons of security problems, and just when they get all those patched up, they released Windows 98, which did not have any of those patches in it. In other words, Win98 was open to ALL security issues that Win95 started out with. Considering Win95, 98, NT, ME, SE, XP, 2000, etc... That is a lot of patching up. I see Knoppix as a way to START OFF secure, I hope. My problem is the learning curve involved with a new (foreign) OS, one that I have no clue on. But, anyway, thanks to this forum, and this thread - I see a way to learn more about something I do not know.

Thanks,
Cuddles

[desire]

I just got the book in the mail yesterday. I ordered it from Linux Central. Already read the first chapter and so far my impression of it is pretty good. I should have it read in a few days and I'm also going to fire up the Knoppix CD that came with it. So I'll post again a little later. Actually what attracted me was the price, $24.95. BTW Happy New Year!!!!!