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continued to develop at a rapid pace.

By default the system will boot

with the 2.4.26 Linux kernel, but

you have the option when booting to

choose the new 2.6.5 kernel. Type

the 2.6.7 kernel supporting udev are also

available in /testing), KDE 3.2.3 and

GNOME 2.6.1.

The system is expandable and easily

upgradeable. Running X11R6.7.0 from X

Org and Mozilla 1.7 as its Web browser

and having both Cups and LPRng for

printer support, we are sure fans and

soon-to-be fans will agree that Slackware

should be more widely used.

We must warn any user who is consid-

ering an installation of Slackware 10.0

about one of the serious consequences.

Slackware is addictive, and users

become very possessive about their

favorite distribution.

knoppix26

A t Linux Magazine we get many

at the boot prompt for this option. Knop-

pix 3.4 keeps up with functionality by

running KDE 3.2.2 as your desktop envi-

ronment with the new Gimp 2.0 (CMYK

supported) as the image manipulation

package of choice.

The hardware detection has been

extended to feature WiFi cards and

IrDA/Bluetooth configuration. Because it

uses compression as you access the sys-

tem, the filesystem is capable of having

2GBytes of applications and data.

Knoppix is fantastic for letting non-

Linux users see the power of Linux (and

giving other distros something to aspire

to). Of course, you can install it onto a

hard disk so it runs faster. With over 900

software packages including OpenOffice

1.1.1, we are sure you will find some-

thing that suits your needs.

requests for particular Linux dis-

tributions. These are not the big

four (Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake and

Debian), but those that cater to the spe-

cific needs of many of the users.

With a DVD, we are able to have more

than one distribution and so have

included the latest versions of the most

frequently requested systems. These

range from the well known Slackware,

which is a distribution that can claim one

of the oldest histories, to the tiny Feather

Linux designed to fit on a USB pen drive.

We start with the some very recently

released distributions. Until its launch

we had received few requests, but as

soon as it was announced, it became the

most popular request.

Gentoo 2004.1

Gentoo is a fairly recent Linux distribu-

tion that is gaining ground with users

who want a bit more from the standard

distributions. Its strong features are the

ability to optimize and customize appli-

cations. In doing so, a Gentoo box will

run at the highest speed possible,

because each application has been con-

figured to make the most of your system

rather than using default options

designed for the majority.

Optimizing has meant that Gentoo has

become the distribution of choice for

extreme computing. Capable of showing

off your latest hardware to the fullest.

Another strength of Gentoo is its Por-

tage system. This acts as both a software

distribution system for adding the latest

build scripts, as well as

a package building and

installation tool for

adding your own cus-

tomized versions of

applications.

Because it is designed

around the cutting edge

of technology, as ex-

pected, it has some of

the latest features avail-

able.

These include excel-

lent filesystem and

hardware support. So

much that the Linux

Magazine staff has been

Slackware 10.0

Slackware fans have been around for a

long time. Ten years has given rise to a

tradition of reliability, usability and secu-

rity. This summer’s new release is based

on the GCC 3.3.4 compiler, it runs with

the 2.4.26 kernel (both GCC 3.4.0 and

Knoppix 3.4

When originally launched, Knoppix

shook up the Linux world. A live system

that did not touch your hard disk and

had so much functionality that everyone

had to sit up and take notice. This ver-

sion has not rested on its laurels, but

Why these distributions –

and not XYZ?

Each of the distributions presented on the

DVD is not a random collection, nor is it the

complete list of requested distributions. We

have based the compilation on the fre-

quency of requests.

If your requested distribution is not here,

then write in again and we will start collat-

ing results.

Figure 1: Slackware running Gnome, xmms and Xchat.

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Figure 2: dyne:bolic, showing Cinelerra, MuSE and Lopster.

Figure 3: Knoppix 3.4, with Konqueror, Scribus and Konsole on show.

known to visit computer shows looking

for the latest hardware, just to use it

under Gentoo.

If extreme power, racing speed and its

unique flexibility appeal to you, then we

would encourage you to give the new

Gentoo Linux a try.

The CD contains many programs

designed to prove that Open Source is sta-

ble, professional and better than pro-

prietary software. It includes OpenOf-

fice.org, AbiWord, PDFCreator, The GIMP,

Mozilla, PuTTY, Miranda IM, Audacity,

Neverball, 7-Zip and a host of other soft-

ware all chosen to prove that it is the best.

With this software you can gently

introduce Windows users to the world of

Open Source, before you unleash the full

power of a Linux distribution onto them.

designed to run from a CD drive, and is

aimed at being a practical and useful tool

for all forms of multimedia production.

This can range from editing sound files

to broadcasting video streams.

Rather than needing the latest, expen-

sive computer, dyne:bolic can run on

just a Pentium 1 with 64MBytes of RAM.

Now it is time to take back control of

those older systems and produce your

own masterpiece.

It uses the WindowMaker window

manager, and has Mp4Live to stream

both audio and video mpeg4 data.

Blender lets you produce 3D modeled

images along with Gimp for the usual

photo manipulation.

Audacity and ReZounds mean you can

easily edit your audio clips and add spe-

cial effects. Of course it is not just about

sound and video. Email, Windows con-

nectivity, IRC, word processing and

network tools are all available for you to

work with.

TheOpenCD

We have been a little taken aback by the

number of requests for this disc. It is not

intended to run under Linux! It is for

Windows users. While we would never

encourage anyone to run such a poor

choice of operating systems, your letters

have indicated that it is popular in some

areas. What this operating system really

lacks is the knowledge and appreciation

of Open Source. Rather than just telling a

Windows user how good Open Source

software is, TheOpenCD lets you actually

show them that if they join the Free and

Open Source Software movement, mem-

bership has benefits.

Arch Linux 0.6 Widget edition

To be honest, we had not heard about

Arch Linux until the requests started to

hit our servers. This was a shock,

because it is designed for System Admin-

istrators.

Although it is a general purpose sys-

tem, it is optimized for i686 processors.

It has no configuration wizards to get in

the way of you using and understanding

just how a Linux system really works.

It uses the Pacman package manager

to install packages with an easy to build

system. This gives more control over the

traditional RPMs where you simply click

and run with whatever options they pro-

vide as default.

As such, it makes Arch Linux ideal for

hardworking servers and professional

workstations. Perfect for the competent

Linux users and administrator.

Burning ISO images

Feather 0.5.3

The final distribution is also the small-

est. It is only 64MBytes in size. Do not

let the small size put you off from trying

this mighty wonder. It is designed to run

off a business card CD or from a USB pen

drive.

It is based on Knoppix, but with many

of the seldom used and non vital appli-

cations removed to conserve precious

space. What is included, however, is a

huge selection of tools, utilities and

applications to get just about any job

done.

You can create the full CD discs by burning

the appropriate ISO file to a blank CD in a CD

writer. Under Linux you can find out what

your writer is referred to by running

cdrecord -scanbus

This will then indicate the three figure code

such as 0,1,0 or 0,2,3. You can then use this to

point to the correct device.

cdrecord dev=n,n,n

/path/to/image.iso

an actual example would be drecord

dev=0,0,0 /mnt/cdrom/knoppix/knop-

pix34.iso

dyne:bolic 1.3

Do you want a distribution that is not

afraid to stand up and shout its beliefs

about free software? dyne:bolic is

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