[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 02:54 pm, St Eric's... wrote:
> There is ...
>
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/mirrors/agnula/agnula-iso/1.1/1.1.1/
>
> Eric van Baaren.
> _____________________________
> http://www.piramiden.demon.nl

Actually,  the page at http://www.agnula.org/ is somewhat more informative.  
Darned if I'm going to go ahead and download an ISO on this dialup connection 
without getting some idea of what it's about first!		:-)


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]Namens Glen
> Verzonden: woensdag 7 juli 2004 23:28
> Aan: Rainer Buchty; Scott Gravenhorst
> CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Onderwerp: Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....
>
>
> As for using some variant of Linux as a dedicated music platform, it might
> be nice to have something like Knoppix optimized for musical purposes. In
> case you didn't know, Knoppix is a Linux distro that runs directly from a
> CD, and doesn't need to be installed on your hard drive. I *think* you can
> even build a computer with no floppy drives and no hard drives at all, and
> Knoppix would continue to function just fine. I think you only need a
> bootable CD drive for basic use. This could potentially be a big security
> advantage, especially for computers connected to a network. It's pretty
> darn hard to infect a CD-R with a virus.  ;)
>
> For music purposes, I envision a modified Knoppix-style OS, that you stick
> into your bootable CD-ROM drive whenever you feel like booting into an
> alternative SoftSynth-DIY universe, instead of your normal OS. Keep all
> your important stuff on your hard drive, using whatever OS you prefer to
> use, and only boot the Knoppix-style music OS when you actually need to. I
> wish that Windows would run from a CD like this. I could then make Windows
> my alternative OS, for those occasions when I really need it.  ;)
>
> http://www.knoppix.net/
>
>
> later,
> Glen