[CS-FSLUG] Debian, Knoppix, Kanotix, etc.
Ed Hurst
ehurst at asisaid.com
Sat Aug 19 18:22:28 CDT 2006
I've installed various flavors of Debian on several machines, including
the real thing. Debian itself does not aggressively probe the hardware,
so it's pretty tough to setup things like sound on some machines, and it
frequently gets X settings quite wrong, in my experience.
Ubuntu and friends are often very far away from standard Debian
packages. Further, I've experienced very slow performance, and just too
many bugs on some releases. That includes a recent test of Kubuntu. When
I tried some standard Debian packages, the system choked. I don't recall
the details, and I'm not interested in making it work anymore.
Knoppix has by far the best hardware detection I've seen of any Linux
distro, bar none. It's packages are insanely and chaotically bleeding
edge, and sometimes highly specialized from the most obscure packagers.
Kanotix is only slightly saner, running mostly standard Debian Unstable
packages. However, it's a fast moving target, always updating everything
by tiny increments. It's saving grace is even Debian Stable packages
work 100%, even when replacing the Kanotix stuff.
The only thing missing, far as I can see, is a Knoppix installer for
something like a generic Debian Stable or Debian Testing. Anybody seen
such an animal?
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Ed Hurst
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