Knoppix is way cool.. Im running it on my laptop right now :) I'd have to say Im impressed... a full featured linux distro on a cd. It detected all my laptop peripherals, automatically did dhcp, and started X ... Beats the heck out of the Cygwin I have installed :) Definately something I'll carry with me wherever I take my laptop from now on! JD Good advice below :) > Cool - nmap and ethereal all on a bootable CD. > > I played with it for about an hour. Helpful hints: > 1. Use the menu to get a root shell. > 2. If you go back to command line, type: > sudo passwd root > and change the root password to whatever you want. > > > I will be using this CD in my Unix/Linux class this fall. > > George > > > > Paul wrote: >> >> I downloaded the Knoppix ISO and burned a CD. It is truly impressive. >> I run an 850 mhz Athlon with about 950 megs of ram and a 40 gig hard >> drive. I think everyone at PLUG should have a look at this one. If >> you want to know how easy Linux can be to run and use this is just >> amazing. >> >> Paul >> ________________________________________________ >> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail >> doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss