Knoppix
Sign in to saveKnoppix, stylized KNOPPIX ( ), is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD or DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (Live USB). It was first released in 2000 by German Linux consultant Klaus Knopper, and was one of the first popular live distributions. Knoppix is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly.
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Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian that runs directly from a CD, DVD, or USB drive without needing to be installed on your computer. Released in 2000 by Klaus Knopper, it was one of the first popular "live" operating systems, meaning it loads into your computer's memory and lets you use a full Linux system temporarily without altering your hard drive.
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Key facts
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.logo
- Knoppix logo.svg
- OS.logo size
- 150px
- OS.screenshot
- VirtualBox KNOPPIX Desktop GER 26 01 2021 20 20 47.png
- OS.caption
- KNOPPIX 8.6
- OS.developer
- Klaus Knopper
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.source_model
- Open source
- OS.language
- German and English
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (Linux)
- OS.userland
- GNU
- OS.ui
- LXDE
- OS.updatemodel
Article
20 sectionsContents
- Contents
- Hardware requirements
- Saving changes in the environment
- Boot options
- Versions
- Knoppix 4.x–5.x
- Knoppix 6.x
- Knoppix 7.x
- Knoppix 8.x
- Knoppix 9.x
- Derivatives
- Adriane Knoppix
- Other variations
- Unmaintained projects
- See also
- Notes
- Books
- News article
- References
- External links
Knoppix, stylized KNOPPIX ( ), is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD or DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (Live USB). It was first released in 2000 by German Linux consultant Klaus Knopper, and was one of the first popular live distributions. Knoppix is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly.
There are two main editions, available in both English and German: the traditional compact-disc (700 megabytes) edition and the DVD (4.7 gigabytes) "Maxi" edition.