![]() While most sounds are part of the desktop event/sound system, the Knoppix startup (and shutdown) audio is not. What is even more amazing is that in Knoppix they came up with a whole new means of playing sounds just to get that annoying bugger in! While Microsoft claims a startup sound you cannot disable is a "feature" in its one day to be released Vista operating system, and perhaps even has a patent on the idea, we in the free software community have had to contend with this "feature" for a long time now. ![]() You reach for your handy knoppix on a flash, and set it off to boot, so ready to proudly display the power of freedom during this critical presentation, when, already too late, you remember that darn startup sound! ![]() Imagine you are in the boardroom, asked by the president of the company to fix his laptop during a critical presentation. ![]()
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