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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 this Debian-based (www.debian.org)
CD:
-
Linux-Kernel
2.4.x and 2.6.x
-
KDE
as the standard desktop with K Office and the Konqueror WWW-browser konqueror
- 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)
-
utilities for data recovery and system repairs, even for other
operating systems
- network and security
analysis tools for network administrators
- OpenOffice(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
http://www.knoppix.net/
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