Knoppix...

In the last post, I mentioned about Knoppix. Knoppix is actually operating system that can boot from cd and you can start using it right away. Just like in the dinosour time where MS-Dos is popular. Back then, you have to put in the 5.25 inches thin disc in to drive and boot the MS-Dos. Once the MS-Dos is loaded into memory, you slide in any application program. Everything was in command prompt. Hey, that was 15 years ago. Now, we have cd-rom drive that can read data at 52X, one X is equal to 150kbytes persecond. Computers now are fast and able to launch application quickly. Once knoppix finished loading, you will be greeted by familiar interface like windows. Everything just point and click. This software is FREE!.


You can use OpenOffice which is similar to Microsoft Office but it is free. No need to pay any license. It is compatible with microsof Office Files. In other words, you can open your word document or presentation files and edit in the OpenOffice.There a lot of goodies included in the CD. One example is Mysql for creating your relational database.

Anyway, I managed to connect to internet using my dsl modem. The configuration setting is not that hard. I think it is easier in Windows. First attempt, I used Knoppix 3.6 but failed to log on the internet. I went to Knoppix forum to post my problem. I succeded in my second attempt after using Knoppix 3.4. First, you set the network card configuration. The wizard will ask you for your IP (i.e. the ip for your ethernet card) and your ISP DNS. Then, you set the PPPOE configuration wizard so that you can dial to the server. After these two steps, you are on the internet superhighway. You to set this settings every time you boot with the cd. To avoid doing this, you have to install knoppix on your hard disk.

Go and download your at knoppix.org.