-=> BEN RITCHEY wrote to MATT MUNSON <=-

 BR> * An ongoing debate between Matt Munson and Robert Wolfe rages on ...

 | MM> if no one buys this box. It will be Ubuntuized.

 BR> Cool idea, but download, burn and run KILLDISK first! It uses a secure
 BR> DoD algorithm to wipe EVERYTHING (even fools Windows into thinking you
 BR> have a brand NEW drive!) and is what I use. :)


Here's yet another option.

If Ubuntu Linux is in the mix why not Knoppix 6.4.4?

I downloaded the DVD ISO and burned it and was astounded.

Boot the DVD to RAM 
Drop to root and emply "shred" everything on the drive.

zero it too if you like.

dd if=/dev/zero of=dev/hda, hdb, sda, whatever the drive or drives identify as.

Painless all in one solution.

Should you not like it?

Just don't install it to the hard drive.

Picked up absolutely everhything on an Emachine T2984 I'd just refurbished
and even detected and hooked up the network ethernet card to the internet.

firewall install mentioned in the applications index however not having noticed
this feature
until after the fact I'd manually installed mine. 
   

... It's not easy being green.
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