Knoppix VS Slax

IDK if this is too esoteric but Knoppix is a version of Linux you can boot off a CD and it's very capable and device smart. Download image, burn to disk, boot laptop from CD (or USB drive). It'll let you access your Windows folders and will detect external USB drives, network drives etc. I've used it to safely recover music and pictures from an infected machine, then you can just nuke the thing and reinstall... Source: over 2 years ago

I find Slax which is looks like a good choice for live distro at a glance. If I'm correct it works not just in live mode it is installed on sdd. Source: 9 months ago

Slax. It is based pn Debian, so you can apt install most packages. Make sure to read Slax's installation guide first though. Source: over 2 years ago

You mentioned in another comment that your laptop is from 2001? Try Slax or MX Linux. Source: over 2 years ago

You can try Slax as it can be loaded to RAM. However you will need to install rest of the required utils... (afaik Chrome and GParted are included by default). Source: over 2 years ago

I'm trying to download slax linux from slax.org but its not working. If I go down to the bottom of the page and click on any of the download links I see a loading icon in the browser tab but nothing gets downloaded, I'm wondering if this is an issue with just me or if anyone else is having a simmilar issue. Source: almost 3 years ago