Knoppix vs. Debian for laptop?

vincebs · 01-20-2005, 10:55 PM

Hey everyone,

I'm planning to help a friend install Debian Sarge on his laptop, after trying out Fedora Core 2. Fedora Core 2 was really slow and didn't detect his WinBook touchpad, and had some trouble mounting his USB flash drive. When I loaded KNOPPIX 3.7 on his computer, the touchpad magically worked.

Knowing that KNOPPIX is based on Debian, I thought to install that on his computer. I'd like to know if Debian has the same drivers as KNOPPIX, or whether KNOPPIX has additional ones that Debian doesnt. I'd like to know if his touchpad will work in Debian the way it worked in KNOPPIX.

And if it doesn't, where can I find KNOPPIX's driver?

Thanks,

Vincent

vincebs · 01-20-2005, 10:58 PM

Aagh! I posted without searching first cuz I thought few people post threads on Knoppix! I was wrong.

Anyway, I refer myself to this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=279822

RodimusProblem · 01-21-2005, 11:41 AM

Question: Why not install Knoppix instead of Debian ?

Knoppix can install to HDD. Type knoppix-installer in the Root Console to begin the installation. It's a nice GUI installer too.

I'm not getting anywhere with Debian Sarge. Best I can get is a console. Unlike Knoppix, Sarge isn't pre-configured.

vincebs · 01-21-2005, 07:01 PM

So that's the command! I knew there was a command like that, I tried "knoppix-install" but nothing happened. I was thinking that Debian would be a better choice becuz it has so many packages.

How is the knoppix installer compared to Anaconda?

RodimusProblem · 01-22-2005, 04:09 AM

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How is the knoppix installer compared to Anaconda?

Knoppix' installer has you choose where the boot loader goes , where the swap and linux partitions are and that's about it.

Kinda like Anaconda's "Install Everything" option.

btmiller · 01-22-2005, 11:39 AM

Since Knoppix is based off Debian, you can use the Debian package repositories once you have a hard drive install of Debian. No guarantees that everything will work exactly perfectly, though. I don't use Knoppix, so I can't really say much more than that.

mglukhovsky · 01-22-2005, 11:27 PM

After having gone through distribution after distribution, I found that Ubuntu, besides just looking good, had out-of-the-box support for not only my Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG, 1280x800 resolution, Synaptics touchpad (including scroll and tap functions), and power-saving features, but it is also based on Debian, so I get apt goodness with it. This distro is staying on for a while...

Just so you know, I've got an Asus M6BNe and am wonderfully happy with this amazng distro.

I'm not trying to turn this into a distrowar, but I highly recommend you check it out.