Knoppix Saved My Dad's Data

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Configuring Knoppix for Dad's
Workstations

Configuring Knoppix for Dad's
Workstations 12/29/2004 03:27 AM
As noted earlier, I've been using Knoppix to get a pair of Linux boxes up and running for my father. Both sit on a private LAN (along with his notebook and a Deskjet color printer) via an old Netgear RP114 broadband router connected to the cable modem. He uses a "Leave it to Beaver" theme for his machines. They are: June ABit BP6 Motherboard with dual 500MHz Celeron (PII) CPUs 512MB PC100 RAM 80GB Disk Soundblaster Live 17" HP LCD...

Dad's Six-Figure Debt

Dad's Six-Figure Debt 08/10/2004 10:57 AM
What do you do when a parent faces a serious financial bind?

Man Said to Steal His Dad's Police
Cruiser (AP)

Man Said to Steal His Dad's Police
Cruiser (AP) 06/02/2004 03:24 PM
AP - A police officer's son stole his dad's cruiser in the middle of the night and used it to pull over his ex-girlfriend, authorities said.

Welsh dad's support a name too far
(Reuters)

Welsh dad's support a name too far
(Reuters) 08/14/2004 08:24 AM
Reuters - A Welshman believed to be the father of former world champion rider Nicole Cooke has been arrested for painting his daughter's name on an Athens street where she is due to ride past during Sunday's Olympic women's road race.

13-Year-Old Hijacks Dad's 40-TonTruck
(Reuters)

13-Year-Old Hijacks Dad's 40-TonTruck
(Reuters) 06/29/2004 10:48 AM
Reuters - A 13-year-old German boy took a joyride in his father's 40-tontruck, driving it for 50 miles before police stopped him on the motorway.

Family Sues After Dad's Head Found in
Shed (AP)

Family Sues After Dad's Head Found in
Shed (AP) 12/29/2003 11:37 PM
AP - The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning their father's embalmed head was kept in a tool shed for nearly 11 years.

Knoppix

Knoppix 10/29/2003 12:12 AM

So, I finally tried Knoppix today. I'd heard a lot about it and was ready to be impressed, but it still took me by surprise. If you haven't heard of Knoppix, it's a full Linux distribution on a CD that is designed to boot straight from the CD, without you needing to install anything and without you having to worry about it modifying the contents of your hard drive.

Getting it running was pretty simple. I had to change the boot order in my BIOS so that my PC would try booting from the CD before the hard drive (not difficult at all: hit delete as the PC is booting up and the option for changing the boot order was pretty obvious, at least on my machine), then all it took was inserting the CD and powering up the computer.

Knoppix auto-detected everything - from my graphics card and network (I guess it used DHCP) right up to the scroll wheel on my mouse. There was a moment of confusion when it came up with a 'boot?' prompt, but it turned out I just had to hit enter for it to start auto-detection (the prompt appeared to be for advanced users to specify additional options). After that, it booted straight in to an attractively set up version of KDE 3. The ease with which it started up was the first pleasant surprise, but what really impressed me was the huge amount of software that came on that one CD. As well as KDE, Knoppix comes with the full Open Office and Mozilla application suites, all the usual Linux tools and editors, plenty of multimedia software, the GIMP (a photo editing program similar to Photoshop), even Python 2.3. Everything was available through the KDE application menus, and everything Just Worked.

The icing on the cake though was WINE. WINE is an emulation layer for Linux that allows you to run Windows applications. I had heard about it, but always been put off trying it because it sounded so complicated. Knoppix comes with WINE already installed, so I figured there was nothing to lose by trying it out.

wine notepad.exe

Windows notepad loaded up in a new, KDE style window. Wow.

Knoppix mounts your Windows hard drive (in my case as hda2) as read only, so you can play with your existing files without fear of damaging them. I browsed around my Program Files directory and tried to run WINE on various applications. Several failed, including Internet Explorer (hardly essential software, but useful for testing). I don't know if this is because they do weird, screwed up things that WINE doesn't yet know how to handle or if they were upset that they couldn't read the filesystem. Whatever the reason, I was blown away by the fact that any of it worked at all. When UltraEdit loaded under Linux I positively cackled.

I've only made one venture in to Knoppix land so far, but it really was everything as good as people had said it was. If you have access to a CD burner and a fast internet connection you owe it to yourself to try it out.

Knoppix v3.4

Knoppix v3.4 05/04/2004 12:23 PM

Knoppix 64 3.4-EN-2004-05-31

Knoppix 64 3.4-EN-2004-05-31 06/05/2004 02:40 AM
A 64-bit Linux development and desktop system.

Repartitioning with Knoppix

Repartitioning with Knoppix 12/02/2003 12:41 AM

I've been long bemoaning the fact that if you want to repartition your hard drive to install Linux as a dual boot with an existing Windows system the most frequently recommended method is to buy a copy of Partion Magic. You would have thought the open source software world would have provided a free alternative by now.

Via Andy Todd, it turns out that they have. GNU Parted is a repartioning tool for Linux. QtParted wraps it in a GUI with a Partition Magic style interface. And the awesome Knoppix comes with QtParted included on the disk. So instead of shelling out for an expensive package that you are unlikely to ever use more than once, you can download and burn a Knoppix CD, boot in to Linux and repartition from there. I'll be trying this out for real on Monday, and I'll report back with the results when I do.

As an aside, has anyone ever found a web page that lists all of the software included on the Knoppix CD?

Update: Closer inspection reveals that Parted can't resize NTFS. Thankfully, ntfsresize< /a> can - and ntfsresize is integrated in to QtParted. Magic.

Knoppix 3.8.1 is Released

Knoppix 3.8.1 is Released 04/10/2005 12:25 AM
Slashdot Apr 10 2005 4:24AM GMT

Games Knoppix

Games Knoppix 12/25/2004 04:45 PM
Slashdot Dec 25 2004 1:49PM GMT

Knoppix 3.4-2004-05-04

Knoppix 3.4-2004-05-04 05/06/2004 07:11 AM
A bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software.

Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-14

Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-14 11/15/2003 12:10 PM
A bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software.

Grokking Knoppix

Grokking Knoppix 01/01/2005 10:23 AM

joatBlog: Knoppix

joatBlog: Knoppix 02/15/2004 09:17 AM
http://users.757.org/~joat/blog/archives/001795.html From Joat, a bid ol' list of Knoppix Projects...

Knoppix 4.0 DVDLive

Knoppix 4.0 DVDLive 06/24/2005 09:56 PM

Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-03

Knoppix 3.3-2003-11-03 11/07/2003 07:45 AM
A bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software.

Knoppix 3.6 released

Knoppix 3.6 released 08/23/2004 10:47 AM
Slashdot Aug 23 2004 3:07PM GMT

Knoppix V3.3-2003-11-14

Knoppix V3.3-2003-11-14 11/14/2003 08:05 AM

Knoppix V3.3-2004-02-16

Knoppix V3.3-2004-02-16 02/16/2004 09:26 PM

Knoppix 3.3 Update, 3.4 C't Edition Are
Out

Knoppix 3.3 Update, 3.4 C't Edition Are
Out 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Slashdot Feb 10 2004 1:19AM GMT

Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors

Knoppix v3.4 Hits The Mirrors 05/03/2004 10:18 PM

Knoppix Tips and Tricks

Knoppix Tips and Tricks 01/04/2004 09:34 PM

Knoppix: CD-Based Linux

Knoppix: CD-Based Linux 07/06/2004 11:39 PM

I'm writing this entry from a Linux machine...but I never installed Linux. I've booted my PC off a Knoppix disc, which is a bootable Linux CD. I'm in Linux now, but I just need to pop the CD and reboot, and I'm back to Windows.

You can get the CD image file at www.knoppix.com (I used Bit Torrent to get my version). Burn it to a CD, stick it in the drive, and reboot. You will boot into a really nice Linux distribution.

There are no users on the system — you're automatically logged on as root. If you're worried about this, don't be — remember that you booted from a CD. If you screw something up as root, just reboot and the system will be back to normal.

While Knoppix can read everything on your hard drive, it has no write access by default, so it's not going to do anything to your existing stuff. You can allow it to write, but it's not advisable with an NTFS drive. Knoppix creates a ramdisk to store all the stuff it needs while running. It accesses everything else off the CD, just like it would off the hard drive normally. When you run a new program, you can hear the CD spool up. Consequently, it's slower than a normal Linux machine, but not by much.

It's fully functional — it detected everything on my machine, including FireWire and USB devices. I just had to get the network card to broadcast a DHCP request and I was on the network. It recognized my Lexmark E210 printer just fine, and I'm listening to MP3s on XMMS as I write this. I had more trouble with my dedicated Linux install at work, and I spent days fiddling with that.

It comes with scads of software, like most Linux distributions — KDE, Open Office, The Gimp, Mozilla, Konquerer, etc. Since it forms a ramdisk when it boots, you can save files and work with them just as if it were a normal operating system. I saved the image above off a Web site, cropped it, and converted it to JPG in The Gimp. If I wanted to keep it beyond this session, I could always FTP it somewhere (remember that KDE is FTP-aware — you can map an FTP site to a local folder, so you'd never really know the difference).

I'm fairly well stunned by this. It's really amazing. Sure, it can't really store or persist anything locally from session to session, but most of my apps are Web-based and my email is IMAP, so I'm actually pretty functional.

If you ever wanted to try Linux but you don't want to make any changes to your current Windows set-up, Knoppix is exactly what you're looking for.

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Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.3.1
(Mandrake)

Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.3.1
(Mandrake) 05/03/2004 10:14 PM
Ports to installed Linux distributions of the Knoppix system.

Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.2.5
(Mandrake)

Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.2.5
(Mandrake) 12/23/2003 07:16 AM
Ports to installed Linux distributions of the Knoppix system.

Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.3.2
(Mandrake)

Knoppix Auto-configuration 0.3.2
(Mandrake) 06/06/2004 04:03 PM
Ports to installed Linux distributions of the Knoppix system.

Knoppix Used in Internet Banking
Solution

Knoppix Used in Internet Banking
Solution 03/24/2005 06:53 AM

On The Fly: Boot Knoppix Linux, Keep
Windows Installation

On The Fly: Boot Knoppix Linux, Keep
Windows Installation 03/06/2004 01:53 AM

Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum'
Versions

Knoppix To Split Into 'Light,' 'Maximum'
Versions 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 21 2004 5:00AM GMT

Handy wireless networking with Knoppix
Linux

Handy wireless networking with Knoppix
Linux 06/21/2004 07:46 AM
Last year I bought an IBM T30 Thinkpad, intending to install Linux on its hard drive sometime. Meanwhile, using a Knoppix LiveCD let me run Linux on the laptop while retaining the factory Windows XP installation. The notebook is my travel machine, so I also bought a Linksys WPC55AG PC Card wireless network adapter that supports 801.11a/b/g for the Thinkpad. For secure wireless Linux surfing, I was determined to find some configuration that would work with minimal intervention at boot time and that was easy enough that my wife could load it.

Next Knoppix Release to Feature GPL'd
FreeNX

Next Knoppix Release to Feature GPL'd
FreeNX 06/24/2004 11:43 AM

Einam: Knoppix en la Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya

Einam: Knoppix en la Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya 07/13/2004 05:35 PM

Install KNOPPIX® LiveCD on Hard Drive

Install KNOPPIX® LiveCD on Hard Drive 12/17/2004 06:43 PM

Hackers, Windows passwords, Linux and
Knoppix

Hackers, Windows passwords, Linux and
Knoppix 04/11/2005 05:06 PM
Being the kind of technical person you are, you most likely identify with the old-time hacker ethic and disdain the popular use of the word "hacker" when "cracker" would be more apropos. ...

Report from KDE World Summit, Day 10:
Why Knoppix chose KDE

Report from KDE World Summit, Day 10:
Why Knoppix chose KDE 09/07/2004 10:52 AM
The tenth and final day of the KDE World Summit 2004 - aKademy - presented visitors with a second opportunity to learn more about some of KDE's key technologies, and to hear of how KDE has been successfully deployed by others. A track on groupware and collaboration tools gave developers the chance to show off their work, whilst a track on success stories turned the tables, allowing visitors and developers alike to hear of KDE being used in deployments ranging from 10,000 desktops to the famous Live CD Knoppix.

Quick Reviews Of The Latest From Crux,
Knoppix

Quick Reviews Of The Latest From Crux,
Knoppix 09/15/2004 01:58 AM
Slashdot Sep 15 2004 5:19AM GMT

Instalar Debian GNU/Linux con Knoppix y
debootstrap

Instalar Debian GNU/Linux con Knoppix y
debootstrap 07/15/2004 03:47 PM

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Fingerprint Hard Drive

Fingerprint Hard Drive 07/27/2004 04:13 PM

Lock Box: Fingerprint Access Hard Drive: I have no need for this, but how wickedly cool.

Active Imaging Sensor authenticates enrolled fingerprints and is unaffected by changes in skin condition and moisture content [...] A composite image of multiple fingerprints is stored during enrollment which makes the sensor tolerant to varied finger placement during authentication [...] Sensor can be used with other software programs designed for fingerprint authentication access Plans

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ThinkPad T42

ThinkPad T42 05/11/2004 10:20 PM
ThinkPad T42, sweet. But if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

IBM ThinkPad X31

IBM ThinkPad X31 12/11/2003 06:07 PM
CNET Dec 11 2003 5:49PM ET

IBM Launches ThinkPad X41

IBM Launches ThinkPad X41 04/06/2005 11:23 PM
TechTree Apr 7 2005 3:19AM GMT

IBM Refreshes the ThinkPad

IBM Refreshes the ThinkPad 04/06/2005 09:56 AM
Extreme Tech Apr 6 2005 1:40PM GMT

ThinkPad Buttons 0.6.1

ThinkPad Buttons 0.6.1 01/19/2004 12:49 PM
A utility for supporting the special buttons on an IBM ThinkPad.

IBM ThinkPad T41p

IBM ThinkPad T41p 01/29/2004 01:59 PM
Review The world's best notebook?

IBM Thinkpad R50 Review

IBM Thinkpad R50 Review 04/28/2004 10:23 AM
While it isn't the powerhouse the T41P is, the IBM Thinkpad R50 is a solid notebook with a great screen, ample processor, and well-rounded connectivity via WiFi and Bluetooth. If you need a bullet-proof $1,600 laptop (and don't have any need to play the latest games), the R50 might be...

The Big Picture from IBM ThinkPad

The Big Picture from IBM ThinkPad 05/13/2004 12:46 AM
Internet.com May 13 2004 4:55AM GMT

IBM ThinkPad R50E

IBM ThinkPad R50E 05/19/2004 01:12 PM

Thinkpad "piscles"

Thinkpad "piscles" 07/30/2004 06:56 PM

About two weeks ago a green 1 pixel wide line about two inches tall appeared in the bottom right corner of my Thinkpad screen. I called warranty service today, and it looks like I’ll be without the computer for 4-7 business days while they repair it. That means I’ll need to back everything up, remove confidential information, and set up my usage environment on another computer for a week or two.

It doesn’t make me feel any better than the tech support guy I spoke to at IBM had never heard of a pixel before. He asked what it was and then kept referring to them as “piscles.”

ThinkPad Buttons 0.6.2

ThinkPad Buttons 0.6.2 05/19/2004 10:35 AM
A utility for supporting the special buttons on an IBM ThinkPad.

IBM Thinkpad X40 Review

IBM Thinkpad X40 Review 06/23/2004 09:11 AM

Like pretty much any other Thinkpad, the X40 ultra-portable won't win any prizes for its looks, especially since IBM continues to festoon its otherwise sleek black slabs of mobile computing goodness with jolly red, green, and blue stickers here and there, but man alive, they make a nice laptop. Riyad Emeran thinks so, too, after trying about the X40 for a couple of weeks -- he's calling the 1.2GHz Pentium M powered laptop the best ultra-portable around. And that's after he reviewed the Sony VAIO VGN-X505VP. Big words, too, considering the many relative shortcomings of the X40, like a slowish 4,200 RPM hard drive, 1,024 by 768 screen, and only 802.11b WiFi stock standard. The VAIO may be sexy, but the Thinkpad is more usable; that wins the day when it comes to laptops every time.
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IBM ThinkPad R51 Reviewed

IBM ThinkPad R51 Reviewed 09/24/2004 11:46 PM

BIOS reviews the IBM ThinkPad R51 and finds it to be an excellent value for a solid laptop, as long as you stay away from adding lots of the overpriced options from IBM's catalog (generally good advice when buying any laptop, really). For less that thousand dollars you can bring home a ThinkPad of your own, albeit one that is wholly unsuitable for gaming or other performance-intensive activities. That's okay, though - it's still a ThinkPad, one of the best laptops you can buy.

ThinkPad R51 Review [BIOS]

Ars Technica review: the IBM ThinkPad
T40

Ars Technica review: the IBM ThinkPad
T40 12/15/2003 06:58 PM
Ars Technica reviews the IBM ThinkPad T40

No ThinkPad Tablet PC until 2005?

No ThinkPad Tablet PC until 2005? 11/07/2003 10:01 AM
There won't be a Tablet PC-version of the ThinkPad until early 2005, at least according to Guy Kewney, but IBM will come out with some sort of slate-style Tablet PC around May of next year. But it won't be an actual IBM product, it'll be one that was built by some anonymous Taiwanese manufacturer and rebadged as an IBM Tablet PC (which is an increasingly common practice these days). Read [Thanks, Christopher Coulter]...

Thin ThinkPad X40 Notebook

Thin ThinkPad X40 Notebook 05/12/2004 05:13 PM
Popular Mechanics May 12 2004 8:39PM GMT

IBM's ThinkPad Tablet PC

IBM's ThinkPad Tablet PC 07/16/2004 01:57 PM
Engadget Jul 16 2004 6:13PM GMT

ThinkPad Battery Blues

ThinkPad Battery Blues 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
I love my ThinkPads. I've owned several. I started with a 380D, then got a 600E a bit over 4 years ago, and now I currently have a T21 (Linux) and T23 (Windows). They're the greatest non-Mac notebooks money can buy. But I seem to have a particular skill when it comes to decimating ThinkPad batteries. One of the reasons I own two T-series notebooks right now is that they can share batteries. And between them have three, numbered...

IBM Thinkpad T42p Preview

IBM Thinkpad T42p Preview 05/21/2004 08:31 AM
Curse IBM and its whole punch-card nibbling family; How am I supposed to buy a new Macintosh laptop in good conscience when they keep putting out these badass Thinkpads? I had a whole plan--PC for gaming and daily use, where...

KMilo Thinkpad Plugin 0.1

KMilo Thinkpad Plugin 0.1 01/05/2004 11:45 PM
A plugin which uses the special keys on IBM Thinkpads with KDE.

IBM's new ultralight ThinkPad X40

IBM's new ultralight ThinkPad X40 12/29/2003 02:20 AM
Just received word from one of our sources that IBM is planning to launch their new ultralight 2.7 pound ThinkPad X40 in the US in...

Photos: First convertible ThinkPad

Photos: First convertible ThinkPad 06/05/2005 11:44 PM
Coming on Monday: the first computer released by China's Lenovo Group following its purchase of IBM's PC business.

First ThinkPad tablet set for debut

First ThinkPad tablet set for debut 06/05/2005 11:09 PM
The first-ever ThinkPad that converts to a tablet PC will make its debut on Monday, CNET News.com has learned.

ThinkPad X40 coming out next week

ThinkPad X40 coming out next week 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
IBM's new ultralight ThinkPad, the X40, which we first reported on a couple of months ago, is set to come out on Tuesday. Read...

IBM shaves weight off ThinkPad line

IBM shaves weight off ThinkPad line 02/10/2004 02:40 PM
ZDNet Feb 10 2004 7:00PM GMT

ThinkPad Workstations Target Engineers

ThinkPad Workstations Target Engineers 06/14/2004 07:03 AM
IBM and Intel this week will introduce a mobile workstation pilot aimed at electronic design engineers who need to go mobile.

IBM X40 ThinkPad Makes the 'Weight'
Worthwhile

IBM X40 ThinkPad Makes the 'Weight'
Worthwhile 02/10/2004 07:55 PM
Internet.com Feb 11 2004 0:18AM GMT

Product Review: IBM Thinkpad R51
(NewsFactor)

Product Review: IBM Thinkpad R51
(NewsFactor) 04/26/2004 03:53 PM
NewsFactor - Available at a price of US$1,129, the economy version of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) ThinkPad R51 notebook offers what represents standard laptop fare these days: a 2.0 GHz Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Celeron processor with 400 MHz front-side bus, a 30 GB hard drive, 128 MB of DDR SDRAM, a CD-ROM drive, and a 16MB ATI (Nasdaq: ATYT) Mobility Radeon graphics card.

Ultralight ThinkPad Offers Rapid
Recovery

Ultralight ThinkPad Offers Rapid
Recovery 02/12/2004 03:37 PM
IBM is set to launch a lightweight, ultraportable notebook that features, among other things, a new one-touch file recovery system.

Knoppix Saved My Dad's Data