* Originally in: WIN95
Die hard Windows fanatics and the visually impaired might want to give this a look see.
Knoppix 6.4.4
Choose your mirror for download.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/
You'll want these files for the 3 - CD set.
First listed is
ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.4.4CD-2011-01-30-EN.iso 01-Feb-2011 03:00 698M
ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.4.4CD-2011-01-30-EN.iso.md5 03-Feb-2011 10:45 77
ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.4.4CD-2011-01-30-EN.iso.md5.asc 03-Feb-2011 10:46 322
ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.4.4CD-2011-01-30-EN.iso.sha1 03-Feb-2011 10:45 85
ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.4.4CD-2011-01-30-EN.iso.sha1.asc
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These are just the _first_ CD-ROM of a set of three along with the check sums.
I got the DVD vesion here, a whopping 3.4 Gig overnight download.
http://archive.cs.stedwards.edu/knoppix-dvd/
Why do I recommend it?
Well it found all my standard hardware right off the bat and
even negotiated the network cable connection unprompted.
The firewall can be found in the menu though before I found that one
I downloaded my current version 2.0 rc.firewall and installed, presumably the one listed in the menu is an automated install of the same or similar.
Once again, *excellent* for the visually impaired with built in text to speech, Orca.
I had to scout it up just to turn it off!
Comes with Open Office word processor for those needinjg all the bells
and whistles as well as Windows - Word, Office - Word Perfect compatability.
... It's not easy being green.
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