[Novices] Using Knoppix to Test, Diagnose & Benchmark

[Kevin Wixson]

>once you get the hang of it (which I'm not sure I have *yet*)

No. I'm the first to admit I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm not looking for a package. I just want to know how to do the same 
things that I know how to do in Windows, because that will make Linux 
useful to me. Right now, it has a lot of potential, but getting any sort of 
direction and help (at the level I need) is too frustrating and I'm 
wondering if it's worth it.

Thanks for your input.

-Kevin

At 04:39 PM 1/11/2005, you wrote:

>* Kevin Wixson wrote:
> >
> > There's some stuff there to check out, for sure. But you're also 
> telling me
> > that there isn't really anything for benchmarking available in Knoppix, 
> right?
>
>I don't run Knoppix enough to tell you. I believe it's like Bruce said.... 
>most of this stuff is distro specific.
>
>If your looking for a 'package' that will replace the Sandra program I 
>think your out of luck. In general, the unix philosophy is to do one thing 
>and do it well. For example, memtest tests memory. badblocks searches a 
>device for bad blocks. This makes it more difficult for a new user but it 
>is extremely powerful once you get the hang of it (which I'm not sure I 
>have *yet*).
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