Why Knoppix 3.4 is delayed again ...

[Redhouse]

I was wondering whether wine would be included in 3.4 since it's not on the CeBIT remastered edition?
It would be great to have captive, and wine as well as all of the other goodies on the disc at once.

As for software to remove i can see that there are many redundant packages, ie web browsers, shells, editors.
Someone suggested removing Konqueror but I would put my vote against that! I use it to browse files and the web mainly, I don't even bother with epiphany or mozilla(unless I'm running pages with applets).

[cybergeo3]

While I've noticed a few valid arguments on all sides, there is one application that has been completely overlooked. KAtomic. It is probably the only important application in knoppix. I know it's the reason i gave up on windows, it is simply incredible. F*k Frozen Bubble, KAtomic is all thats necessary. get rid of koffice, open office, mozilla, etcetera etcetera, just give me KAtomic. I mean have any of you guys tried it? thank god i can type all this out because I'm left speechless when thinking about it. I would get rid of whatever might keep KAtomic out of 3.4. Heck i would make a KAtomic only distro, get rid of everything but KAtomic, I realize ATI driver support is nice, but I say get rid of both kernel 2.4 and 2.6 if it would result in KAtomic making a return. My vote, for 3.4, strip it down to just a command line and KAtomic.

[champagnemojo]

Well it looks as though LaTeX and Koffice may get removed. Some of you will be happy about this, but I'm sad to see Koffice going.

If you want to see what's holding up the 3.4 release, then you should look at the following link.

http://mailman.linuxtag.org/pipermai...il/004988.html

KOffice is definitely vastly improved, but still seems to not be quite as compatible with MS documents as openoffice.org is. For instance, tables and figures in word documents don't seem to work too well in KOffice. For documents with just text it works well though.

[Hasse]

/* Thinking out aloud */

Does anyone
- Run a web server from the CD-distro?
- Compile software from the CD-distro?

It is my guess
- Apache is run from a Hd install, probably with an internet connection and could be installed through apt-get.
- Development packages and gcc are not for newbies, who prefer apt-get, but rather experienced users on a Hd install.

[Robin T Cox]

Does anyone
- Run a web server from the CD-distro?
- Compile software from the CD-distro?

YES!!

I'm running a Lucent WinModem with dial-up, and I need to compile the modem drivers. Without this, I can't connect to the Internet.

[A. Jorge Garcia]

I use gcc from liveCD all the time and so do my students!

Regards,
AJG

PS Don't kill TEX!

[cottmain]

Hi,
thank you for Knoppix. I love it. It's a great tool and a wonderful gift to anyone insterested in Linux. I give all my old versions away and have to start burning lots of current ones. Which brings me around to finding out about new versions. I am always pleased to get my e-mail notification from Kernel.org of the new kernel. Would this be something you might consider for Knoppix? (or have you already done so and I've missed it?)

[bgis]

I see some people think the web browser should be replaced . Opera is small maybe an alternative.

[hkfczrqj]

Does anyone
- Run a web server from the CD-distro?
- Compile software from the CD-distro?

YES!!

I'm running a Lucent WinModem with dial-up, and I need to compile the modem drivers. Without this, I can't connect to the Internet.

I also need gcc for the Lucent WM (I know that asking for the 2.6.x kernel headers is too much, but sooner or later it will happen ) and other stuff too, mostly in emergencies.

And NO, I don't need to run a web server. Maybe someone has to, but my imagination tries hard to find a reason to run it from knoppix.

Cheers...

[Hellmark]

I use GCC quite a bit, so I wouldnt like to see that get canned.

As far as opera, I dont think Knoppix should replace Opensource freeware apps with adware supported apps.