Cannot UbuntuLiveCd be as fast and as welldesigned as Knoppix?

frenchn00b · 08-08-2007, 11:52 PM

Hi, I would like to know why this ubuntu live cdrom is so slow ? Is there any good release of this Ubuntu Desktop live cdrom ?

GTrax · 08-09-2007, 04:54 AM

Can't say I know for sure, but it might be the temporary filesystem. Apps loaded in Knoppix load slow the first time they come off the CDROM, but once in the memory-based filesystem, it zips along. With enough memory, the longer you use it, the faster it seems to run.

Ubuntu live CD may be a bigger thing, and is usually a prelude to an install attempt, whereas Knoppix is a rescue/utilities thing always intended to be used as a liveCD. You can install Knoppix, and end up with Debian, but its not the best way.

I will admit that I quit Ubuntu (and Ubuntu-based) distros because the repository software is always locked to that Ubuntu version.

frenchn00b · 08-09-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GTrax

Can't say I know for sure, but it might be the temporary filesystem. Apps loaded in Knoppix load slow the first time they come off the CDROM, but once in the memory-based filesystem, it zips along. With enough memory, the longer you use it, the faster it seems to run.

Ubuntu live CD may be a bigger thing, and is usually a prelude to an install attempt, whereas Knoppix is a rescue/utilities thing always intended to be used as a liveCD. You can install Knoppix, and end up with Debian, but its not the best way.

I will admit that I quit Ubuntu (and Ubuntu-based) distros because the repository software is always locked to that Ubuntu version.

I also do not like Ubuntu. It s a distro bloated with bugs, one of the worst distro but the most adviced due to high slogans publicity politics.

So say, the live cdrom is not working on my pc. Hardware not recognized and mouse and keyboard not working. I did not say wrong things. It's right. Live Knoppix works great. I'll look in more serious distro (debian type), like mandriva live cdrom...
I cannot install to harddisk. It has crashed.

jay73 · 08-09-2007, 09:38 AM

No, on the contrary, it has better hardware support than Debian. Not to mention that it is largely the same thing. Are you sure you used the latest Ubuntu? I remember you had a lot of problems with Debian because you were using an outdated version - if you use 6.06, you will have the same problems and 7.0 wasn't great either with recent ASUS motherboards. You really need 7.4.

frenchn00b · 08-09-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jay73

No, on the contrary, it has better hardware support than Debian. Not to mention that it is largely the same thing. Are you sure you used the latest Ubuntu? I remember you had a lot of problems with Debian because you were using an outdated version - if you use 6.06, you will have the same problems and 7.0 wasn't great either with recent ASUS motherboards. You really need 7.4.

I downloaded from the ubuntu website the cdrom:

#define DISKNAME Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" - Release i386
#define TYPE binary
#define TYPEbinary 1
#define ARCH i386
#define ARCHi386 1
#define DISKNUM 1
#define DISKNUM1 1
#define TOTALNUM 0
#define TOTALNUM0 1

Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" - Release i386 (20061025)

I downloaded pclinuxos and I like better than ubuntu. it is much faster, and I can install anything I want with apt-get. it is mandriva based, so it is excellence, compared to ubuntu. I do not like distro fully releasing bugs, that's why I prefer either Debian or Fedora. It is much better for my point of vue.

Pclinuxos, it is still fast, and the hardware is well recognized. I got my stuffs done finally.

Greetings