http://www.knoppix.org, pronounced “k-nop-iks”) is a CD-ROM-based Linux distribution. What’s Knoppix good for? Lots of things, including running a firewall, recovering from a system disaster, building product demos, or just keeping Linux with you wherever you go. If your computer can boot from a CD, you can drop Knoppix into the drive, power up, and get an instant Linux fix. (See the sidebar “Knoppix System Requirements” for minimum system requirements.)
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Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.org, pronounced “k-nop-iks”) is a CD-ROM-based Linux distribution. What’s Knoppix good for? Lots of things, including running a firewall, recovering from a system disaster, building product demos, or just keeping Linux with you wherever you go. If your computer can boot from a CD, you can drop Knoppix into the drive, power up, and get an instant Linux fix. (See the sidebar “Knoppix System Requirements” for minimum system requirements.)
Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.org, pronounced “k-nop-iks”) is a CD-ROM-based Linux distribution. What’s Knoppix good for? Lots of things, including running a firewall, recovering from a system disaster, building product demos, or just keeping Linux with you wherever you go. If your computer can boot from a CD, you can drop Knoppix into the drive, power up, and get an instant Linux fix. (See the sidebar “Knoppix System Requirements” for minimum system requirements.)
Knoppix System Requirements
Intel-compatible CPU (i486 or later).
20 MB of RAM for text mode, at least 96 MB for graphics mode with KDE, and at least 128 MB of RAM to use the various office products.
A bootable CD-ROM drive or a boot floppy and a standard CD-ROM drive (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI).
Standard SVGA-compatible graphics card.
Serial or PS/2 standard or IMPS/2-compatible USB-mouse.
Knoppix includes a wide variety of Linux utilities, programming languages and libraries, networking tools, and games, and even includes KDE, Open Office, and the Gimp. Using on-the-fly decompression, the Knoppix CD can hold up to two gigabytes of software — about 2,000 programs in all. Knoppix is based on Debian Linux and includes a 2.4.x kernel. The latest Knoppix release (as the magazine goes to press) is 3.1.
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