Web design service - 331Chapter 11Running KNOPPIX .Administrative tools A nice set of
331Chapter 11Running KNOPPIX .Administrative tools A nice set of system and network administration toolsthat enables you to do some pretty advanced setup, monitoring, and debuggingof your computer and network. (The Knoppix-STD distribution is configuredspecifically as a rescue CD to do almost anything you could imagine to checkand fix your computer and network.) .Servers A few of the powerful server projects available for Linux, many ofwhich don t require a lot of disk space: a Web server (Apache), FTP server(FTPd), file server (NFS), Window file/print server (Samba), proxy server(Squid), DNS server (bind9), login server (sshd), and DHCP server (dhcpd). Using KNOPPIX (or any other bootable server Linux systems described in Chapter 18) as a server opens some amazing possibilities for serving the data from a Windowsor other operating system to a network, while completely bypassing that operatingsystem on the computer s hard disk. .Programming tools A good set of tools for developing software across avariety of programming environments. KNOPPIX is based on Debian Linux, so a Debian user will be particularly comfort- able with the selection and organization of features. KNOPPIX software packagesare also done in deb package format, so you can use apt, dpkg, and related tools tolist and otherwise manage the packages. Refer to Chapter 9 for information on using apt and dpkg tools for managing soft- ware in Debian. Even if you don t install any new software, those tools provide anexcellent way to search, list, or even upgrade software packages that are runningin KNOPPIX. What s Cool About KNOPPIXThe features just described are ones that come with many different Linux distribu- tions. What makes them special with KNOPPIX is that you can often be up and usingthose features within a few minutes without having to repartition your disk, installsoftware, or do any configuration. For just trying out Linux or using it for some spe- cial, quick task you want to do, KNOPPIX is quite awesome. Some features, however, are specific to KNOPPIX (as compared to a Linux systemyou would run from a hard disk). Many of those special features are there to helpyou through issues that relate to the fact that you are not working in a permanentsetup. In particular, KNOPPIX includes the following: .Extraordinary hardware detection The capability to properly detect andconfigure hardware is one of the best features. During the boot-up procedure, KNOPPIX finds most common PC hardware components and loads the propermodules so it can use them. Its hwsetup tool relies on the Red Hat libkudzufacility to identify hardware, load appropriate modules, and create necessarydevice files. NoteNote18_