KANOTIX 2007-Thorhammer-RC7 Installation & Configuration

KANOTIX is a GNU/Linux distribution Live CD based on Debian with advanced hardware detection. It can run from a CD-ROM drive without using a hard disk but can be installed to hard disk if intended . Current version is KANOTIX 2007-Thorhammer-RC6b released on 24/10/2007 is based on Debian Etch and can be downloaded from here.

KANOTIX uses KDE as the default desktop environment as Kano is KDE fan . GNOME and other window managers can be downloaded using APT.

The name "KANOTIX" is derived from the founder's nickname "Kano".Kano is a famous character from Mortal Kombat PC Game. KANOTIX's mascot is a Fangtooth.

KANOTIX Live-CD
Hint: If your /dev/hdX drives are running without DMA then hdX=none should be used as cheatcode. This is most often needed for motherboards based on Intel chipsets.

How to Install KANOTIX

"acritoxinstaller" could be (from livecd)

In shell follow these commands to update "acritoxinstaller" as follows.
su
fix-unionfs
apt-get update
apt-get install acritoxinstaller acritoxinstaller-kanotix
Acritox Installer from Andreas Loibl is a graphical install program with many new functions and installs KANOTIX easily in 15-20 minutes to hard disk.

Install new Kernel

Once KANOTIX is installed to hard disk the latest updated 2.6.24 kernel can be installed via shell as follows.
su
1 : wget -N http://kanotix.com/files/kernel/kernel-update-pack-generic.tar.gz ; unp kernel-update-pack-generic-.tar.gz ; cd kernel-update-pack-generic ; ./install.sh

OR manually install the Kernel downloaded and saved in home as
2: unp kernel-update-pack-generic.tar.gz ; cd kernel-update-pack-generic ; ./install.sh

When Kernel is successfully installed after reboot run
install-nvidia-debian.sh
or
install-fglrx-debian.sh
if you had installed binary gfx drivers before.

As devices names for CD-ROM could also change on boot you should run fix/fix-fstab.sh
after reboot.
In case of boot problems boot old kernel.

Install Nvidia Driver
"nvidia" could be installed as update-scripts-kanotix.sh as follows
[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [F1] --> login as root ; install-nvidia-debian.sh

Install KDE 3.5.8
You have to add deb http://kanotix.com/files/fix/kde to your /etc/apt/sources.list as below
echo deb http://kanotix.com/files/fix/kde ./ >> /etc/apt/sources.list
then do this
apt-get dist-upgrade

These are just basic notes, will add more to it on regular basis, stay tuned please and enjoy KANOTIX experience, use it ,share it with others!

Common KDE Tools for Home Users

KDE 4 is around the corner and I as a GNU/Linux home user often wonder what it will offer me at the end of the day when it has been finally released ?

I am writing a new article on this topic and hopefully will be published on Raiden`s Realm this week.

Stay tuned and please honor me with your valuable feed backs.

Frugalware Linux 0.7 "Sayshell"

Frugalware Linux from Hungary is a nicely crafted Desktop Linux Distribution ( DLD ) for general and home use , forked out of Slackware Linux and utilizing Arch Linux "pacman" package manager.

Frugalware means " Little on resources " and as
VMiklos from Frugalware team says " Ware is stuff, frugal is frugal , something simple and humble" so is this nice Linux distribution.

A new stable version Frugalware Linux 0.7 "Sayshell" was released on Sat Oct 13, 2007 ref page Frugalware for further details .

The DVDs for i686 can be downloaded from here

DVD1

DVD2

SHA1SUMs:

f6f731a45467274bcc1f7d987f3ccef6697dec03 frugalware-0.7-i686-dvd1.iso

0443681c558f231b408e4add725635afe1b48af6 frugalware-0.7-i686-dvd2.iso

NOTE: Don't get the second DVD unless you don't have an internet connection or you are on dial up.

Installation is simple, straight forward Slackware text based installation which any intermediate Linux user can handle easily . Post installation system runs smooth and stable and offers all tools any Linux home user needs.

Additional packages and upgrades can be easily installed via GUI Ggpm which is new addition to current version and works flawlessly.





I faced small problem with KPPP which was resolved easily by creating options file and copying /etc/resolv.conf file , further details can be found here I am sure Frugalware will attract more and more masses as it is ineed another Best Linux Distribution for Home Users.

Happy Frugalware Linux experience to everybody !