Knoppix Wikipedia. KNOPPIX KNOP iks2 is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD DVD Live CD or a USB flash drive Live USB, one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by, and named after, Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. Linux Mint is a communitydriven Linux distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu that strives to be a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both. 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 the traditional compact disc 7. DVD 4. 7 gigabytes Maxi edition. Each main edition has two language specific editions English and German. KNOPPIX mostly consists of free and open source software, but also includes some proprietary software, so long as it fulfils certain conditions. Knoppix can be used to copy files easily from hard drives with inaccessible operating systems. Thunderbird For Suse Linux' title='Thunderbird For Suse Linux' />To quickly and more safely use Linux software, the Live CD can be used instead of installing another OS. Contentsedit. The classic Knoppix start up process. More than 1. 00. 0 software packages are included on the CD edition and more than 2. Linux is full of awesome apps, both open source and proprietary. People new to Linux and even seasoned Linux users tend to find new and useful software quite often. StellaDesktop1.png' alt='Thunderbird For Suse Linux' title='Thunderbird For Suse Linux' />DVD edition. Up to nine gigabytes can be stored on the DVD in compressed form. These packages include Hardware requirementseditMinimum hardware requirements for Knoppix 4IntelAMD compatible processor i. MB of RAM for text mode, at least 1. MB for graphics mode with LXDE at least 5. MB of RAM is recommended to use the various office productsBootable CD ROM drive, or a boot floppy and standard CD ROM IDEATAPI or SCSIStandard SVGA compatible graphics card. Serial or PS2 standard mouse or IMPS2 compatible USB mouse. Saving changes in the environmenteditPrior to Knoppix 3. Thunderbird For Suse Linux' title='Thunderbird For Suse Linux' />This lack of persistence then made it necessary to save documents directly to a hard drive partition, over the network, or to some removable media, such as a USB flash drive. It was also possible to set up a persistent home directory, where any documents or settings written to the users home directory would automatically be redirected to a hard drive or removable media, which could be automatically mounted on bootup. A single file, knoppix. This allowed the user to transparently write to their home directory. Union mount support was added in version 3. Union. FS. This was later replaced by Aufs in 5. Dragon Burn Serial Mac Look on this page. The union mount allowed virtual updates to the data on the read only CDDVD media by storing changes on separate writable media and then representing the combination of the two as single storage device. The writable media could be memory ramdisk, a hard disk, USB flash drive, etc. This means that the user could modify the software installed on the Knoppix system, such as by using APT to install or update software. The storage device containing the changes needed to be present whenever Knoppix is started, else only the original data from the disc would be used. While Knoppix would scan available storage devices for a persistent home directory by default, a user could dictate a specific location with a boot option see below such as homedevhda. By carrying a Knoppix CD and a USB flash drive, a user could have the same environment, programs, settings, and data available on any computer that could run Knoppix. This functionality was only available through Knoppix 5. CD release or 5. DVD release. Subsequently, the Live CD paradigm has transformed into portable operating systems that run on external storage. Boot optionseditWhen using Knoppix as a Live CD, one can use boot options, also known as cheatcodes, to override a default setting or automatic hardware detection when it fails. For example, the user may wish to boot into a plain console, or proceed without SCSI support. For this, Knoppix allows the user to enter one or more cheat codes at the prompt before booting. If the user does not enter a cheat code, or does not press any key before the timeout, Knoppix will boot with its default options. For example, to set the language to French rather than the default, one would type knoppix langfr6Knoppix is a 3. Debian Linux based distro, but recent releases including the latest version 7. DVD edition, where it will automatically boot up for 6. Neither PAE nor 6. Knoppix, and system memory with more than 4 GB can only be used with a 6. The DVD edition of Knoppix can also be loaded onto a USB flash drive, with flash knoppix under the Knoppix system, such that the KNOPPIX Live System starts and runs about factor 5 faster from USB flash disk than from CD or DVD. Besides that, the experimental UEFI support is provided for USB flash drive rather than DVD media. UEFI firmware can only boot up the 3. UEFI firmware can only boot up the 6. The text interface for UEFI is similar with it for BIOS, one can also press key F2 and F3 to access information on boot options. Key Stage 3. PopularityeditKnoppix was one of the first Live CD Linux distributions to gain popularity. There are several factors that contribute to the popularity of Knoppix Knoppix was one of the first Live CDs available, and is known as the original Debian based Live CDIts extensive hardware detection allows most systems to start Knoppix without any configuration. Its ability to automatically connect to most kinds of networkscitation neededIts utilities for system repair and troubleshooting. Knoppix works on a fairly large number of PCs or laptops, but not all. The automatic hardware detection cannot cope with all hardware, and sometimes the drivers used will not be optimal. Knoppix has difficulty recognizing some cards made before 1. BIOS made before 2. In some cases, manual configuration with codes entered at boot time can overcome problems with automatic detection. If a PC does not have enough RAM to run KDE and other included programs, the legacy Knoppix earlier than 6. The only window running in the twm session by default is xterm. VersionseditKnoppix version. Release date. 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