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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


FIGURE 11-1
Choose packages to install in KNOPPIX using Synaptic Package Manager.
3. Mark a package for installation. With the package that you want to install highlighted,
select Package???Mark for Installation. If any changes to existing packages or additional
packages are needed, a pop-up window alerts you. Click Mark to continue.
4. Apply changes. After you have selected all the new packages you want, select Apply. If
the changes noted in a pop-up window are okay, select Apply again. Synaptic begins
downloading and installing the selected packages.
Remember that the software is being installed in the version of KNOPPIX that is running in RAM.
So, the software will disappear the next time you reboot, unless you do something to preserve your
data (such as creating a persistent desktop before you install the software you want to keep).
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Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution Part III
Saving Files in KNOPPIX
When you reboot your computer with KNOPPIX, you lose not only KNOPPIX itself but any data
and configuration information you may have created along the way. That??™s because, by default,
KNOPPIX runs from your system??™s RAM and a nonwritable CD or DVD. Using tools and procedures
that come with KNOPPIX, there are ways in which you can keep that information going
forward.


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