-> -> What advantages stand out for installing Knoppix vs the CD version?

->  WC> Well power outages won't wipe your setup.
->  WC> Some stuff doesn't work in the ramdisk version especially the file
->  WC> updates to bring it up to the latest release.

-> -> What do you suggest as the minimum functional size hard drive?

->  WC> 10 Gig.
->  WC> Knoppix 3.3 uses over 2.5 gig.

-> That much?

For the entire install.
I didn't do the pro-install because I was afraid I'd leave out
some libraries  required for my apps. 

->  WC> You want to set a swap file to 128 Meg if you've that much
->  WC> RAM or more.

->  WC> I'm buying 80 Gig or better.

-> I was thinking along those lines too,  still haven't gotten there yet.
                                     
17  days :-)
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