[PLUG] An Alternative to Knoppix

[David Mandel]

I have used Quantian live CD and been pleased with it.
For some applications (like GIS) it has a more suitable selection
of software than the general Knoppix distro.

Actually, this are a number of Knoppix variants that are nice.
There are a couple decent variants oriented towards science, including
Quantian.  There are also a couple decent security variants.
Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the one I like.

                                          Sincerely,
                                          David Mandel
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                                          Portland Linux/Unix Group
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Rich Shepard wrote:

>    Those of you with a scientific perspective might be interested in the
> Quantian live CD <http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html>. Based on
> Knoppix, this bootable linux distribution devotes about 25% of the space to
> scientific tools. Included are R, Octave, GRASS, and LyX.
> 
>    Like Knoppix, burn copies and give 'em away. It looks like a good one for
> technical folks.
> 
> Rich
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