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Re: Knoppix Operating System :-)

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Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
> On 11/10/2023 6:11 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> > On 11/9/23 19:41, Physfitfreak wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, with a bit of more experimentation with Knoppix I have started to
> > see its limits for computers with minimal resources.
> >
> > One is that, when I insert an additional USB drive, some of the file
> > managers provided don't see it, only Thunar file manager sees and
> > accesses it.
> >
> > Second is (on a 4 GB RAM machine), in Thunar, when I attempt to copy a
> > file from the HDD to a second USB drive, it goes through as if it wants
> > to do it as usual, but as soon as I click "paste" in the second drive,
> > Thunar closes down. When I bring Thunar back up, sometimes nothing is
> > pasted in the second drive and sometimes stuff are partially pasted.
> > Never a complete copy. And this happens silently without any error
> > messages.
> >
> > But that is with a 4 gb RAM machine. I tried it just a few minutes ago
> > with another old computer that has 8 GB RAM and the copying with Thunar
> > worked flawlessly. So 4 gb definitely is not enough RAM for Knoppix.
> >
> 
> Another issue. I tested Knoppix on my other computer (24 gb RAM). This
> one has enough "resources."
> 
> It works without issues, but if you, in the middle of using an
> application, leave the computer for like 10 minutes without touching it,
> when you come back, everything on the screen is frozen. Clicks and
> keyboard inputs won't work, so the task manager cannot be brought up to
> force the application closed. So you'd have to just shut the computer
> down manually.
> 
> Is this the same problem some of you mentioned in relation to Linux not
> coming back up from sleep? If so, then why do I have stuff on the screen
> as I left it, and not just a blank screen? It looks like computer
> doesn't go to "sleep", but into a sudden, silent, and eternal freeze :)
> 
> Very Linux like.
> 
> But this computer is the one on which Linux Mint did the same two years
> back, except with the latter it only took less than one minute to go
> into that state even while you were interacting with it. With Knoppix,
> it looks like, as long as you are active and are interacting with it, it
> runs and runs, but when you don't interact with it, it goes into that
> state. I've tested this three times so far!
> 
> Is it the computer or Knoppix?

It's called....Crash.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=Knoppix+crash


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