[Eug-lug] Gnoppix Ubuntu LiveCDs at meeting tomorrow

[walter fry]

Are you on the other side of the international date line? I have wed 1/5/5 
18:48 hrs here in Eugene

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>Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
>To: larry price <laprice at gmail.com>,Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group 
><euglug at euglug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Gnoppix Ubuntu LiveCDs at meeting tomorrow
>Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 02:39:52 +0000
>
>  http://www.linuxcompatible.org/article11.html
>
>" When I heard that Gnoppix was a bootable Debian with a Gnome 2.4 desktop, 
>I just had to try the new rc2 release. "
>"After playing with the apps and functions for a time, I go to my main 
>machine and boot the CD. Again, I'm greeted by that great desktop. I have 
>recent backups of my second 80GB HD. hdb1(linux), hdb5(swap), and 
>hdb6(win32 transfer). So what the heck, I'll install it!"
>
>"This is where things start to go wrong... The install console comes up 
>with the option to install to 'Disk 1' or to 'Disk 2'. No option for 
>anything else! Oh well, I have everything backed up... Right! So I pick 
>'Disk 2'... Intuition tells me something's very wrong!!! Hit 
>ctrl-alt-delete... Too late. The #@%*#*#@ Gnoppix install script has just 
>wiped my entire hda!?!?!"
>
>After reading Larry's post I started downloading the install cd first. Then 
>I started reading the article that I've quoted above. Has anyone installed 
>this distro to their hardrive and had a good experience?  The article was 
>written 04/01/2004
>hopefully they have improved the install script. Also he says that it was 
>the livecd that he tried
>                                                                            
>                                 John
>
>
>
> > I'll be bringing several Gnoppix/Ubuntu LiveCD's (Warty Warthog release)
> > to tomorrow night's meetup at Jamie's
> >
> > I've been working off one of these systems for most of the past week
> > and it's very nice, it's got almost everything you could want in a
> > workstation setup.
> >
> > I've also ordered a batch of Ubuntu install CD's (20 i386, 10 PPC)
> > that should be here in a couple of weeks.
> >
> > These are very good for non-expert users who want to get away from MS
> >
> > If you are impatient and want to grab a copy now, the torrent is at
> > 
>http://source.rfc822.org/pub/local/gnoppix/torrent/warty-release-live-i386.iso.t
> > orrent
> >
> >
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