Knoppix is a Live Linux CD based on Debian GNU/Linux

This website is about Knoppix, a Free and Open Source Live Linux CD. Knoppix is a GNU/Linux distribution that boots and runs completely from cd. It includes recent linux software and desktop environments, with programs such as OpenOffice.org, Abiword, The Gimp, Konqueror, Mozilla, Apache, PHP, MySQL and hundreds of other quality open source programs.

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

由德国的Klaus Knopper开发的Knoppix，是一个基于Debian的发行版。Knoppix严格算起来是一款LiveCD Linux，所谓的LiveCD就是整个操作系统都在一张光盘上，只要开机从光盘启动，就能拥有一个完整的Linux系统！无需安装！当然， Knoppix也能够非常轻松的安装到硬盘上。其强大的硬件检测能力、系统修复能力、即时压缩传输技术，都令人大加称赞。可以说，在LiveCD界， Knoppix是无人能及的！

Knoppix 是最有名的 LiveCD 发行版本，所以，作为一个基础，首先对它进行研究。Knoppix 5.1 （2007-01-04）将尽可能多的内容压缩到一张 CD 上，最终得到一个 696.35MB 大小的 ISO 映像。从它的大小就可以看出来，Knoppix 捆绑了大量的工具，既有面向开发人员的，也有面向办公用途的。

 优点：无需安装可直接运行于CD上，优秀的硬件检测能力，可作为系统急救盘使用

软件包管理系统：APT (DEB)

官方主页：http://www.knoppix.com/