Re: Kanotix, PCLOS for the InstallFest?

--- "Siri Amrit Kaur" <tigerflag@tigerflag.com> wrote:

From: "Siri Amrit Kaur" <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:25:26 -0500
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Kanotix, PCLOS for the InstallFest?

Eric Shubes writes:

> Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
>
>> I've been reading a lot of positive things about Kanotix. Has anybody on
>> this list tried it? It's based on Knoppix, but uses straight Debian Sid
>> packages. You upgrade from Sid, not from a mix of repositories that tends
>> to break things. Basically, once it's installed it's pure Debian Sid. The
>> ability to upgrade without breaking things is a big issue, and this one
>> has that problem solved.
>
> Or does it? Sid is the 'unstable' (vs. testing, stable) release. I don't
> know how unstable Sid is exactly. My guess is that it wouldn't be stable
> enough for newbies. It might be suitable for some users though. It depends
> on the user's requirements.
>
>I'm not a Debian user, but from what I've heard, Sid is at least as >stable as the bleeding edge packages that come standard with a Mandrake >release.
>And we install Mandrake for people.

Here is what I believe a distro needs to have to be a candidate for the InstallFest.

1. It's been around a while and has good community support either through an active forum on LQ or on the distros website

2. Security updates are available in a timely manner

3. One or more PLUG members use it as their distro of choice

4. It's designed to be installed on the hard drive

Packages from Debian Unstable or Sid (aptly named for the Toy Story neighbor kid that broke toys) are described by the Debian website this way "Packages in unstable . . . may contain problems severe enough to affect the stability of your system. Only experienced users should consider using this distribution." Also, there are *NO* security updates for these packages.

Would you feel comfortable recommending (as the Linux expert in the eyes of someone attending the InstallFest) a distro that has these problems?

Dennisk
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