Knoppix is debian!!! Just to be clear. David Mandala wrote: > Debian is on of the hardest versions of Linux to get correctly installed > and configured. Slackware is right up with it. For the most part the > Debian community is not too interested in ease of use vs fun to hack. > Also Debian's hardware detection is very poor as compared to other > distros, that is where Knoppix really shines. > > Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE are more interested in ease of use. > > I run couple of Red Hat boxes, a Mandrake box, and a Debian box. I also > recently had the fun of installing Slackware for a day, it's gone now, I > decided not to continue with it. > > Cheers, > > Davidm > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 23:37, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > >>scripsit David Huerta: >> >>>Eh, somehow I get the impression you're not quite ready for Debian >>>yet. We'll work on making you a h4rdc0r3 Linux user in the mean time. >> >>I realize you're not entirely serious, but I am curious why you would >>say someone would be `not quite ready for Debian yet' but might be for >>RH, for example. Assuming one has recourse to support for figuring out >>the drivers to set up in the installation (or uses Knoppix to install?), >>I can't imagine why running a Debian desktop box would be any more of a >>trial for a new Linux user than any other distro...