Steve Jacobs wrote:
A couple of weeks ago, a client asked me to install Knoppix on an old Thinkpad for his 13 year-old daughter. The Thinkpad was a P2-400, with 64Mb RAM, and seemed to be surprisingly responsive with Knoppix (v3.9).
I installed a full GUI, and the machine seemed comparable to my Pentium 4 laptop with 512Mb, running Suse 10.
Prior to the Knoppix install, I'd only ever used RPM distros, and only ever used Knoppix booting from CD.
Is Knoppix's speed due to it's Debian-ness? Is it using a different, lighter desktop mgr (ie, not Gnome or KDE) ?
I think a Google for Knoppix optimization will turn up that because it is designed to run from CD the filesystem creation process is highly optimized for speed to compensate for the slowness of CD drives. Also, it isn't loaded with unnecessary service claiming background CPU cycles. -- "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Psalm 33:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/