[TriLUG] Want to create a Linux "Tool Box".

[Matt Pusateri]

One thing I found out yesterday was that the Knoppix 4.02 CD version
does not have DVD-RW tools, so K3B cannot burn DVD's because growisofs
is missing.  Of course I could install it on the running system, but
that's a pain every time you need to use Knoppix to burn a DVD.  Of
course they included K-Pilot, yeah I want to sync my PDA to a read
only live CD (yes I know you can now save your settings in Knoppix). 
Don't get me wrong, Knoppix rocks but there's alot of stuff I'd rather
not have, or at least I would trade for DVD burning capabilities. 
Looks like it's time to learn to remster Knoppix.

Matt P.

On Wed, February 22, 2006 10:06 am, Carl Crider wrote:
> If you want a Linux Toolbox for Windows, start with knoppix for sure.
> You
> can get under the hood
> of a Windows machine quite well with knoppix. You can recover data,
> remove
> unwanted files, fix
> Windows boot issues, etc. It's also very easy to use if your used to a
> Windows world.
>
> Personally, I use knoppix-std, which is a security distribution
> [bootable]
> and I have a diskless PHLAK [bootable]box running that constantly
> monitors
> my network traffic.
>
> http://www.knoppix.org/
> http://www.knoppix-std.org/
> http://www.phlak.org/modules/news/
>
> As far as a toolbox FOR linux goes, well, Linux IS the toolbox. Ryan
> hit the
> nail on the head in his reply.
>
>
> On 2/22/06, Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know if you'll find the same sort of "toolbox" for Linux
>> that
>> you keep around for Windows - and that's good.  With Windows, there
>> are
>> lots of things that go on "under the hood" which few of us ever get
>> to
>> really see and understand.  I think this is a big reason why people
>> like
>> to collect the kinds of tools you have collected for Windows.  Now
>> before you discount this as anti-Microsoft rhetoric, let me just
>> assure
>> you that I've spent my time as an MCSE in MS-centric IT shops.  I
>> was
>> even born and raised in Redmond -- really -- and its a beautiful
>> place,
>> but none of this changes the fact that you don't get to, and don't
>> really need to, understand exactly what is happening in the bowels
>> of
>> Windows, because by and large you can't see or modify its behavior
>> anyway, short of manipulating the user interface MS has decided to
>> provide to you.
>>
>> With Linux, you have the benefit of being able to see, understand,
>> and
>> manipulate anything and everything.  Best of all, even if you don't
>> want
>> to change a thing, you get to see what is happening - exactly - when
>> things go wrong.
>>
>> Your Linux toolkit then might consist of these:
>>
>> 1. A boot CD - there are lots to choose from with all the things
>> you'd
>> probably consider "the tools"
>>
>> 2. knowledge and comfort with ssh and netcat - these get you where
>> you
>> need to be
>>
>> 3. knowledge and comfort reading man pages and log files - these
>> tell
>> you what you need to know - really
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:01 -0500, Chad Thomsen wrote:
>> > I work as a net admin and over the years I have accumulated quite
>> a few
>> free
>> > Windows based tools I have burned to a CD and call it my "Windows
>> Tool
>> > Box".  It contains all sorts of utilties for troubleshooting,
>> recovering
>> and
>> > fixing windows based issues.
>> >
>> > That being said I was wanting to put togather a Linux tool box.
>> Thing
>> is my
>> > knowledge and experience is much less then windows so I am not
>> sure what
>> > cool tools are available for this sort of thing.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Chad
>>
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