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Exotic Linux distros: A walk on the wild side

Exotic Linux distros: A walk on the wild side

...7. MusixMusix is a Knoppix-Debian distribution aimed at artistic and educational uses in the field of... Read more

19 March, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten tools for crashed Linux, Windows or Mac machines

Ten tools for crashed Linux, Windows or Mac machines

...CD. 7. F-Secure Rescue CDF-Secure Rescue CD is based on Knoppix and lets you check the integrity of installed applications. It also allows... Read more

2 July, 2010 by Jack Wallen

Retrieving data from a corrupt Windows NTFS drive

...new Live CD of a GNU/Linux distribution should work. I like Knoppix and sometimes the Fedora Live CD which both have repair tools available... Read more

18 January, 2012

Windows 7 registry problem, fixed with Linux

...it was time to explore alternatives. I went to grab my trusty Knoppix Live CD, which I've used countless times to fix Windows problems... Read more

5 August, 2011

Windows 7 user data saved with Linux

...valuable data is stored. So much for that. So, I grabbed my Knoppix Linux boot CD and booted it up on the machine with the... Read more

20 July, 2011

Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)

...Ubuntu (and thus Linux Mint the plethora of other Ubuntu derivatives), SimplyMEPIS, Knoppix and more. But there are a lot of people who use Debian... Read more

13 March, 2011

Knoppix slims down Linux Live CD

The Knoppix project will start releasing two editions of its Linux Live CD from... Read more

20 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

New boots for Linux

By any standards, this is an impressive achievement. Knoppix does everything you want from a live CD: it doesn't tamper... Read more

8 January, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Online security doesn't come cheap - it's free

...on again with this in the drive before getting down to work. Knoppix knows about PC hardware, desktop software and booting — a competent Linux hacker... Read more

24 March, 2005 by Leader
<endeca_term>Knoppix</endeca_term> Hacks, Second Edition 1.0

Knoppix Hacks, Second Edition 1.0

...by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514938/)If you think Knoppix is just a Linux demo disk, think again. Klaus Knopper created an... Read more

21 January, 2010
SSD boot disks: a performance test

SSD boot disks: a performance test

...loader. Both ran from a 10GB partition. Next, we booted off a Knoppix live CD and, using the dd command, copied an image of the... Read more

6 May, 2010 by Manek Dubash
Ten essentials for tackling trouble-shooting jobs

Ten essentials for tackling trouble-shooting jobs

...that a running operating system cannot do. With either Puppy Linux or Knoppix, you can reboot your machine into a live system and conduct maintenance... Read more

19 February, 2010 by Jack Wallen

Linux and Apple run better sites than Microsoft

...and Arch had more downtime - Arch had a weekend outage - but Fedora, Knoppix, Mopis and Red Hat all had no downtime at all, and CentOS... Read more

20 November, 2008

Replacing the SS4000-E: Part I

...tool which I suggest all systems administrators take a look at is Knoppix. This is a Linux distribution that runs entirely off of CDR and... Read more

21 April, 2008

A challenge to all Linux Users in the World

A recent posting by George Ou about Windows Home Server brought out a lot of responses from the Linux community. I think... Read more

27 May, 2007

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

1 hour ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

5 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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