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This is so cool! This is a complete linux operating system that boots up and runs from this CD Disc. Nothing is copied to your hard drive and no installation is neccessary! Just plug it in and turn it on! It detects and autoconfigures itself for your particular hardware and is very good at supporting most hardware with no further hassle. It can also be installed to a hard drive as a permanent linux system.
What is KNOPPIX ® ?
KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.
What software is installed on the KNOPPIX-CD?
The following "Highlights" are available in version 3.9 of
this Debian-based ( www.debian.org ) CD:
- Kernel 2.6.11 (Kernel 2.4.x removed)
- Lots and lots of package updates
- Dist-upgrade
- The madwifi drivers are back
- Swapping on knoppix.swp on a NTFS partition should now work
- Kwifimanager in KNOPPIX/network menu
- Replaced Fabian Franz' original knoppix-installer with the version from
Jörg Schirottke/Kanotix
- Fixed SCSI drivers in bootimage
- KDE 3.3.2 from Debian/unstable
- FreeNX 0.2.5 (Fabian Franz)
- Java security update (1.4.2_06)
- more supported graphics cards
- Lots and lots of package updates
- Integration of UNIONFS for full write support in the live session
- Capability + utilities for using loopback virtual disk drives on NTFS
(saving system changes and home directory permanently on disk)
- ipw2100 and ipw2200 (Centrino WLAN) support
- RAlink rt2400 and rt2500 WLAN support
- ndiswrapper update
- FreeNX update (client and Server)
- Added: qemu, kwifimanager
- Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird from Debian/unstable
- Live updates/software installations can now be done via kpackage thanks
to unionfs
- isdntool-knoppix for easier text+GUI based ISDN configuration
- X Multimedia System ( xmms ) an MPEG-video,
MP3, Ogg Vorbis Audio player and xine
- Internet connection software kppp , pppoeconf (DSL) and isdn-config
- Gnu Image Manipulation Program ( GIMP ) Version
1.2
- utilities for data recovery and system repairs, even for other operating
systems
- network and security analysis tools for network administrators
- OpenOffice 1.1.4 (TM) , the GPL-developed version
of the well-known StarOffice (TM) office suite
- many programming languages, development tools (including kdevelop
) and libraries for developers
- in total more than 900 installed software packages with over 2000 executable
user programs, utilities, and games
What are the minimum system requirements?
- Intel-compatible CPU (i486 or later),
- 20 MB of RAM for text mode, at least 96 MB for graphics mode with KDE (at least 128 MB of RAM is recommended to use the various office products),
- bootable CD-ROM drive, or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI),
- standard SVGA-compatible graphics card,
- serial or PS/2 standard mouse or IMPS/2-compatible USB-mouse.
How is KNOPPIX started?
To start the CD, set up the BIOS of your computer to boot off the CD, put the CD in the drive, and power up the computer. If your computer doesn't support this option, you have to use a boot disk. You can create this disk from the image in KNOPPIX/boot.img on the CD. With the KNOPPIX-terminalserver (available from version 3.2 and later), KNOPPIX can also be booted over the network from a computer already running the CD.
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