[CS-FSLUG] Debian, Knoppix, Kanotix, etc.

[Ed Hurst]

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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