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(Message started by: Issy on 12/17/03 at 23:57:42)
Title: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/17/03 at 23:57:42
At the current moment, i've  been doing alot of experimenting With Linux Knoppix (Linux operating system that you can run hot off of a CD.)

And i'm expecting the answer to be 'No' but can Nightmist run off of Linux???
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by JLH on 12/18/03 at 02:02:10
yes, via a windows emulator
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/18/03 at 02:24:28
Wouldn't it be rather redundant for me to download an emulator when i can just reboot and be in windows?  :-/
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Pandilex on 12/19/03 at 03:29:19

on 12/18/03 at 02:24:28, Issy wrote:
Wouldn't it be rather redundant for me to download an emulator when i can just reboot and be in windows?  :-/


Yes, Linux is the most pointless operating system invented.
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/19/03 at 11:12:40

on 12/19/03 at 03:29:19, Pandilex wrote:
Yes, Linux is the most pointless operating system invented.


Consider how knoppix is ran (decompressing everything off the CD whenever you want to run an app.) it runs fairly smooth and fast.

I don't think it is the most pointless operating system, as i think it has a lot of nice programs.

Its not Windows though...
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Fujin on 12/20/03 at 19:49:41
hate to do it pandi but ur so wrong.... not every thing in the world runs of windows... don't get me wrong windows xp is a great system but the reason web sites run linux type servers is becuse they can run for so long and not have many problems I'm shure windows can too but then agine microsoft has been leaning twords some of linux stuff so where is the logic in that?


feel free to corrcet me I know some one is gona :)
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by JLH on 12/20/03 at 20:04:10
I was pleased at work a few days ago when i went out on a callout to a business to find their server (which i built 2 years ago) had been up for 290 days, pity i had to reboot it :( It was running windows 2000 server.
Linux is used probably because it came out first, and was (and still is generally) free, in a default installation, it is more secure than the average windows machine. also, linux can be customized totally, because you can actually see the code, windows, you can't tho, you are reliant on microsoft to get it right.
I prefer windows tho as it actually does stuff without hours of faffing about.
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Fujin on 12/20/03 at 20:06:53
well thats pretty much it then every thing has its pros and cons eh? Long Live Microsoft!
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/20/03 at 21:59:37
Last year my school servers ran for 384 days without any error or any problems, then we replaced them with new servers over the summer.

Windows XP IS a bad operating system, as i have more problems with it then i had with the 2k systems. Win2k is by far the best operating system i've ever seen run efficiently days, months on end.
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Oracle on 12/20/03 at 22:24:20
I've been using xp home edition for over a year and a half. I have not had any problems with it except networking. I've tried everything and even the support line wont help. 'We don't support networking with home edition, you need xp professional for that'. So other than that, it has been fine for me although because of that I am upgrading to 2k in a few weeks. Hmm... Thinking back, would that be degrading to 2k? lol
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/20/03 at 22:39:34

on 12/20/03 at 22:24:20, Oracle wrote:
I've been using xp home edition for over a year and a half. I have not had any problems with it except networking. I've tried everything and even the support line wont help. 'We don't support networking with home edition, you need xp professional for that'. So other than that, it has been fine for me although because of that I am upgrading to 2k in a few weeks. Hmm... Thinking back, would that be degrading to 2k? lol


With this machine, and the machines at school. I get a lot of Memory Allocation errors, normally after I do big software installs or upgrades, i get a lot of driver issues, especially with the old equipment.

There are 6 machines at school with Home Edition, and my supervisor got the network to work on them, after my buddy and i spent over 14 hours on it.  :-/
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Oracle on 12/20/03 at 22:48:25
I see, well I am 'converting' to 2k soon anyway :)
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Fujin on 12/21/03 at 09:11:34
xp is just a more updated version of 2k its all part of the same kernal.... we had this discussion some time ago

Edit:

I tryed this cd version of linux and it seems to work pretty good except my on bord network interface dosn't seem to work so I can't get on line but other then that pretty cool...
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Pandilex on 12/21/03 at 10:05:48

on 12/21/03 at 09:11:34, Fujin wrote:
xp is just a more updated version of 2k its all part of the same kernal.... we had this discussion some time ago

Edit:

I tryed this cd version of linux and it seems to work pretty good except my on bord network interface dosn't seem to work so I can't get on line but other then that pretty cool...


XP has a cornucopia of features that 2k is missing, network bridging being one of the most useful for businesses, and Remote Desktop being the most useful for me.
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Lavalamp And Seito on 12/21/03 at 10:34:55

on 12/21/03 at 10:05:48, Pandilex wrote:
XP has a cornucopia of features that 2k is missing, network bridging being one of the most useful for businesses, and Remote Desktop being the most useful for me.


lol Simon, hacking peoples computers are we? :P bad boy
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Issy on 12/21/03 at 14:33:58

on 12/21/03 at 09:11:34, Fujin wrote:
xp is just a more updated version of 2k its all part of the same kernal.... we had this discussion some time ago

Edit:

I tryed this cd version of linux and it seems to work pretty good except my on bord network interface dosn't seem to work so I can't get on line but other then that pretty cool...


You can open hardware druid and it'll find the card, then do a network install druid, and it'll find the network.
Title: Re: Knoppix linux
Post by Fujin on 12/25/03 at 08:03:31
I did that and it couldn't find a network card... I have a on bord lan connection so I dunno every thing else seems to work fine... dons't support dule monitors eather it seems but other then that pretty cool


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