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06-Aug-2005, 05:57 PM #1
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What is a good free linux download I could get? I would like a Live CD so I can just mess around with it without installing it. Thanks
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06-Aug-2005, 06:05 PM #2
My info is possibly 6 months old but Knoppix has been one of the leaders in this field. It actually allows you to do a full hard disk install too.
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06-Aug-2005, 06:12 PM #3
OK now I am trying to download it and I get this page

Then I click Accept and I get this page

and im not sure what to do from here.
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06-Aug-2005, 06:13 PM #4
Simply Mepis is also a live CD that lets you install. It has fantastic hardware support - the other distros are good but none found and installed the sound on my old Gateway except Mepis!
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06-Aug-2005, 08:46 PM #5
Can't read the damn thing but you should be looking for an iso file of the size of a full CD.

Mepis is also a nice distro. Knoppix is very well supported and have many off-shoots for different purposes.
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I can't read it either!
Try this one http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=02686#0
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Download the large file that ends in .iso
Burn the the file as an image to a blank cd.
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07-Aug-2005, 10:19 AM #8
umm...if you click on his screenshot youll get a bigger version which you can read.

Download, Knoppix V 3.8.1-2005-04-08-EN.iso
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07-Aug-2005, 12:56 PM #9
Calipso,

Right you are. I clicked once and didn't realise I can click again
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OK guys I downloaded it and burned it. When I boot up it starts but then it goes into a higher resolution then 800x600 which my monitor (one from 1995) can not handle. so I guess I have to wait until I get a new monitor. Or does anyone know how i can get it to run in 800x600??
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07-Aug-2005, 01:31 PM #11
I had the same problem w/ knoppix. My monitor is an IBM T84H, which will take up to 1024X768, and it seemed to boot, then the monitor started displayed UNSUPPORTED RESOLUTION I thought there was a way to change this.
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knoppix screen=800x600
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