dnar
8th April 2005, 00:11
http://overclockix.octeams.com/
Have a good look at this distro if you want to DC on many machines.
Distributed Computing - Folding@Home 5.02, Boinc, and Prime95. Overclockix features a system of shell scripts to make using these DC clients simple and automated. In addition to Distributed Computing, there are other burn-in applications such as Memtest and cpuburn for torturing your hardware to prove stability. Put simply, the CD can be used to run Distributed Computing clients or stress-testers on machines without hard disks. This is great for those who '"OVERCLOCK" their computers, hence the name of the distro. These applications enhance the distro's usefullness for system builders and hardware enthusiasts, making it a more versatile utility disk. Distributed Computing contributes to scientific research without impacting your computer's performance by using idle cpu time and the internet to create a worldwide distributed supercomputer to crunch complex data.
Advanced Tools for Resuce/Recovery - For the Linux-saavy, a Live CD makes and excellent test bed and rescue environment. Even casual users can perform tasks such as imaging hard drives or partitions with dd, resizing partitions without data loss with qtparted, repairing linux bootloaders, and recoverying files from failing drives. Linux distros network well in a mixed OS environment and support a wide range of filesystems. Quite the swiss army-knife for any geek.
Custom look - This is what sets Overclockix apart from many other custom Knoppix CD's. KDE, Gnome (only in 3.4), Fluxbox, and IceWM desktops have all been customized for things like transperancy, png icons, and flashy background screens. While other WM's have been left at default settings for a lean, mean, and, efficient work environment. I do turn down some of the more intensive eye-candy and unneeded services to maintain a balance of good performance.
Desktop use - Included are thousands of GNU applications, from webservers to office suites, to image manipulation software and ftp/p2p clients, to media players, web browsers and chat programs... More than 1000 executables in all. Overclockix is a pre-rolled desktop OS you can carry around anywhere you go and is great way to get a taste for the capabilites of Linux. You can even save your files and settings to a hard drive or usb pen and restore them each time you boot with the home=scan cheatcode.
Install-on-demand scripts - Some things such as 3d video card drivers and f-prot (a virus scanner) can be installed into ram while booted from the CD. Thanks, talented members of the Knoppix community, for all your hard work!
Driver support – Are we missing a driver you need? Let me know and we'll add it!
Easy Debian and Knoppix style installation scripts - /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall and also newer /sbin/knoppix-installer
Hard Drive installation requires about 2GB for the root filesystem but I recommend more, and a swap partition is optional. The installers generally prefer you have 512MB of ram + swap as a minimum. Some minor tweaking is suggested post-install to make the OS more secure and to fix some minor Knoppix-specific quirks. These scripts use the Lilo bootloader and are dual-boot friendly with an existing Windows installation.
Have a good look at this distro if you want to DC on many machines.
Distributed Computing - Folding@Home 5.02, Boinc, and Prime95. Overclockix features a system of shell scripts to make using these DC clients simple and automated. In addition to Distributed Computing, there are other burn-in applications such as Memtest and cpuburn for torturing your hardware to prove stability. Put simply, the CD can be used to run Distributed Computing clients or stress-testers on machines without hard disks. This is great for those who '"OVERCLOCK" their computers, hence the name of the distro. These applications enhance the distro's usefullness for system builders and hardware enthusiasts, making it a more versatile utility disk. Distributed Computing contributes to scientific research without impacting your computer's performance by using idle cpu time and the internet to create a worldwide distributed supercomputer to crunch complex data.
Advanced Tools for Resuce/Recovery - For the Linux-saavy, a Live CD makes and excellent test bed and rescue environment. Even casual users can perform tasks such as imaging hard drives or partitions with dd, resizing partitions without data loss with qtparted, repairing linux bootloaders, and recoverying files from failing drives. Linux distros network well in a mixed OS environment and support a wide range of filesystems. Quite the swiss army-knife for any geek.
Custom look - This is what sets Overclockix apart from many other custom Knoppix CD's. KDE, Gnome (only in 3.4), Fluxbox, and IceWM desktops have all been customized for things like transperancy, png icons, and flashy background screens. While other WM's have been left at default settings for a lean, mean, and, efficient work environment. I do turn down some of the more intensive eye-candy and unneeded services to maintain a balance of good performance.
Desktop use - Included are thousands of GNU applications, from webservers to office suites, to image manipulation software and ftp/p2p clients, to media players, web browsers and chat programs... More than 1000 executables in all. Overclockix is a pre-rolled desktop OS you can carry around anywhere you go and is great way to get a taste for the capabilites of Linux. You can even save your files and settings to a hard drive or usb pen and restore them each time you boot with the home=scan cheatcode.
Install-on-demand scripts - Some things such as 3d video card drivers and f-prot (a virus scanner) can be installed into ram while booted from the CD. Thanks, talented members of the Knoppix community, for all your hard work!
Driver support – Are we missing a driver you need? Let me know and we'll add it!
Easy Debian and Knoppix style installation scripts - /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall and also newer /sbin/knoppix-installer
Hard Drive installation requires about 2GB for the root filesystem but I recommend more, and a swap partition is optional. The installers generally prefer you have 512MB of ram + swap as a minimum. Some minor tweaking is suggested post-install to make the OS more secure and to fix some minor Knoppix-specific quirks. These scripts use the Lilo bootloader and are dual-boot friendly with an existing Windows installation.