[GTALUG] Data archaeology: archive KDE distortion from 2004ish

Jamon Camisso jamonation at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 23:35:39 EDT 2022


On 2022-09-14 6:39 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> | From: Stewart Russell via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> 
> | Any suggestions for which ancient distro and where it might still live gratefully received.
> 
> Knoppix?  Perhaps 3.5, which had a DVD version?  There must be copies
> around.  See this for a list of versions:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix>
> Not sure where to find it now.  Perhaps
> <https://archive.org/search.php?query=knoppix&&and[]=collection%3A%22cdromimages%22>
> 
> This would surely require BIOS/MBR for booting.  And new fangled devices
> won't be understood.
> 
> There are many other possible distros.

Kubuntu 6.06 might ship with DigiKam pre-installed?

https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/6.06/

Otherwise, it should be available in the packages archive.

I'd boot that ISO in a virtual machine, mount the database files into it 
as a shared folder, and then try starting the program.

Good luck!




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