KNOPPIX closes because Europe passes software IP laws

[Matthew Rice]

Justin Zygmont <jzygmont-tEQKYFGiemxAYG7eUwYNkWD2FQJk+8+b at public.gmane.org> writes:
> what is so useful about this distro anyways, running from a CD is way too 
> slow, and not at all feasable for much of anything except maybe testing to 
> see how it is.

...or getting more tools for recovery than can fit on tomsrtbt...
...or for some thin clients [although you could use PXE and stuff]...
...or for demonstrating Linux to people without trashing/repartitioning
   their hard drives...
...or you can still use local disk/USB memory sticks for data storage
   and leave the knoppix as the easily distributed OS...
...or that cool knoppix+OpenMosix clustering distro...
...or...

Yeah, you're right.  Kind of useless.

I didn't see on the homepage that they shut down, though.  Just that the EU
patents concern _could_ cause companies and orgs [like knoppix] to shut down.

> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Peter L. Peres wrote:
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> > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
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