Knoppix Customize allows for ISO customization without remastering. knoppix-customize is a program that allows you change the boot options and files of a KNOPPIX ISO image or boot disk without remastering. KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, ound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. See: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/knoppix-customize/ANNOUNCE.txt Available from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/knoppix-customize/ Other Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Wireless_Networking http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto http://wiki.obnosis.com | http://hackfest.obnosis.com | http://nuke.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday of Each Month Noon - 3PM > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:59:10 -0800 > From: eculbert@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: KNOPPIX 6.0 Released > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > 2 seconds!! That slow? I had to continually tap 'space bar' to get it to stop!! And that was on an old P3-800 machine! > > 73 > > Ed/ke7feg ....Now that November is here, April can wait! > > On 2/23/2007 the morse code requirement was dropped for getting > a ham license. Now just pass the written exams which are on the > web at arrl.org for questions and http://www.kb0mga.net/exams/ > > > --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Dazed_75 wrote: > > > From: Dazed_75 > > Subject: Re: KNOPPIX 6.0 Released > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Cc: knoppix@knopper.net > > Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 12:44 PM > > Neat setup to service a lot of visually impaired folks and > > making it the > > default makes sense for that audience. Looks like they > > have a lot of work > > to do to maximize that benefit but they are well on the > > way. I am not > > qualified to test that thoroughly, but here are a few of > > the things I found > > in playing with it. > > > > - The text to voice reader mostly only reads the line > > the cursor is on. > > Not a big deal except that in many places there is no > > way to place the > > cursor on some lines. > > - The help says to use the ESCape key to back out of > > things to the > > previous menu but some places it does not work and one > > has to use somethig > > else with no indication of what. I suspect some of this > > is unavoidable but > > there needs to be some way to instruct the visually > > impaired that it is > > about to happen and what they need to do. Even if this > > is a separate > > instructional audio or universal hotkeyed audio help. > > - In some places such as where you configure the voice > > reader, the voice > > reader does not distinguish whether the line it is > > speaking is a comment or > > real and effective config line. > > - under the graphic programs entry of the text menu, > > there is an item for > > "Firefox webbrowser with graphical screen > > reader". Potentially a very > > useful item, it seems not to work. It seems to enter a > > graphical black > > screen with a cursor but after a long time with nothing > > else happening and > > trying various means to get out of it, I finally used > > the power switch to > > get out of it. > > - There is only a 2 second delay before booting in the > > default manner (to > > the textual menu). Even if there were a single line > > saying to type knoppix > > on the boot line to get the graphical desktop, that is > > not enough time to do > > so. The impact is that people who did not read that on > > a web site never > > know they could. > > > > Again, I think this is a wonderful thing that will just get > > better with > > time. But I must say that when I first downloaded and > > tried it, I wondered > > in what way it was related at all to the great KNOPPIX > > releases of the > > past. First reaction was that it should not be KNOPPIX 6.0 > > but something > > like KNOPPIX-A 0.9. All because I did not notice the > > KNOPPIX cheat on the > > page I downloaded from. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009