[Fsfe-ie] The Sunday Business Post and the Live CD

Jimmy O'Regan jimregan at o2.ie
Mon Apr 26 18:01:16 CEST 2004


Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:

>>Just FYI, Knoppix includes non-free software. Because of this policy
>>IFSO shouldn't be pushing Knoppix over Morphix (if my information on
>>Knoppix is wrong, please correct me).
>>    
>>
>
>Knoppix indeed includes proprietary software, but a free software
>knoppix exists:
>http://live-gnu-linux.infodrom.org/
>
>Morphix contains trace elements of proprietary software (nvidious
>drivers), and it has MPlayer which is legally cloudy for some reason,
>but it has a "morphable" configuration which makes it possible to remove
>the proprietary traces.
>
>Also, just now I've noticed there is a live GNU/Linux for media activists:
>http://dynebolic.org/
>  
>
If it helps, there's an article on building custom Knoppix CDs here: 
http://linuxgazette.net/issue87/sunil.html




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