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piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: KernelPanic ---piratePenguin, reinstalling your OS should be a last resort. ALWAYS.
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Well I've never *installed* Knoppix. I know of nobody who has. I can't be sure if it's suitable for noobs, but I *know* that Ubuntu is a damn good distro for noobs.

Like if a complete noob got stuck installing Gentoo, and asked me about it, clueless, I'd recommend they try an *easier* distro, like Ubuntu.

hnugz:

--- Quote from: KernelPanic ---apt-get update

This makes that apt program refresh the database of available packages.

apt-get dist-upgrade

This upgrades all the packages currently installed, to the newest available version.

apt-get install packagename

This will install packagename and any other programs that is depends on for you.



Also, the next time you need to chnage your volume levels, check out the gnome-alsamixer program. It is pretty nifty and lets you modify all the different volume controls and enable/disable any special features on your card.
Enjoy!
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Well that clears some things up.  One more quick question, how does it know where to look for these updates?

Thanks for the suggestion of ubuntu.  It does look simple however knoppix has a bunch of utilities installed by default that I really like.  I might give it a try on my laptop or something.

KernelPanic:
In a configuration file called located at /etc/apt.conf
Check out the manual page man apt.conf

You may like to use the repository for Debian Sarge, which you can look up in a google search, to bring you inline with Debian's stable release. Or just continue to use the knoppix one.

Also, you may like to check out the 'synaptic' frontend to the apt package manager.
apt-get update; apt-get install synaptic
You should run this as root.



Additionally, I believe that a standard knoppix install has no root password.
Set it as follows:

sudo su -
passwd root


Please bear in mind this is drawing on my memory, I havnt used a knoppix hdinstall for a good while.

hnugz:
Knoppix did ask for a root password during the install.

I will check out the man pages.  You guys have always been a great help.  Thanks again.

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