On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 07:50:22PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I helped my mom order her first computer. We have it without Windows on > it and we hope to have it delivered during next week (Sukot). > > I was wondering how can/should I test that we really got what we ordered > (heard stories about people getting something completly > different/missing parts etc) > and figured that a LiveCD based Linux distro would probably be the best > way to both try to test the machine at the lab before I take it out and > also maybe try to impress the store personel with nice Linux screens. > > So the stress is on: > > 1. Best automatic hardware detection possible (or otherwise allows me to > easely find exactly what kind of hardware is in there, in addition to > actually openeing the case as much as I can). > 2. Nice looks would be a big advantage, but not in expense of (1). > > Going through the "CD-based Linux Distributions and Live Linux CDs" page > at distrowatch.com (http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=cd) I > concluded that the main choice is between Gnoppix and Knoppix and maybe > some Forensics/Rescuee distros (e.g. F.I.R.E.) that might not answer (2) > very well. > > So - can I count on Gnoppix/Knoppix for such a task? > > Thanks, > > --Amos > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, Amos, I was very pleased with the hardware recognition of Knoppix (I think it was version 3.2). Out of curiosity I checked it on several computers. Lately I tried PClinuxOS-NV (Mandrake), which was also good. But neither was 100% perfect. You may wish to try a couple of such CD's to make sure (hopefully) that everything is recognized. Good lock, Avraham
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