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

[Jerry Van Brimmer]

Ed Hurst wrote:
> 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.

http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html

Doesn't look to hard to me. :-)


> 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,

I thought that's what you wanted.

> 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.
>