Knoppix

Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operat...

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What is Knoppix?

Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly. Although Knoppix is primarily designed to be used as a Live CD, it can also be installed on a hard disk like a typical operating system. Computers that support booting from USB devices can load Knoppix from a live USB flash drive or memory card. There are two main editions of Knoppix: the traditional Compact Disc (700 megabytes) edition and the DVD (4.7 gigabytes) "Maxi" edition. Each of these main editions has two language-specific editions: English and German. Knoppix mostly consists of free and open source software, but also includes proprietary software

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Developed byKlaus Knopper
LicensingOpen Source and Free product.
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It's very good because it has loads of devices and live page's for windows

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Knoppix is not dedicated to rescue like SystemRescueCD; Knoppix is more general-purpose. Among its many uses it can serve well as a rescue disk.

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