[CS-FSLUG] Debian, Knoppix, Kanotix, etc.
Ed Hurst
ehurst at asisaid.com
Sun Aug 20 20:47:33 CDT 2006
Jerry VanBrimmer wrote:
> Ed,
>
> I don't use nor have I used Knoppix for a long time. But I just had a
> thought. Is it possible to install Knoppix to the hard drive, and then
> set it up to track *only* the testing branch? I dunno, just a thought.
With Knoppix, it would be exceedingly hard. As far as I can tell,
apt-get (package manager) has to know what constitutes a legitimate
replacement of installed packages. Since Knoppix uses such recent
release numbers, and testing branch is mostly using lower numbers, I'd
be waiting a long time for replacement to turn Knoppix into standard
Debian. With the selection of oddball packages, I suspect the first time
I ran apt-get after changing the sources.list over to testing, if it
worked at all, it would want to just about wipe the whole thing because
of dependencies, and I'd be forced to configure the replacements in the
Debian fashion. My last experience with Knoppix was a major battle just
updating from Knopper's unique sources.
With Kanotix, I might come closer, but there are still some occasional
dependency struggles, because while the packages are mostly standard,
they are still drawn from unstable and experimental branches.
I noticed a long list of Knoppix derivatives, for just about every
peculiar emphasis imaginable, but nothing about a generic Debian
installation.
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Ed Hurst
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