Knoppix Linux

Knoppix variants have appeared because people who wanted to create their own live CDs discovered just how easy it is to remaster Knoppix—something you too will discover in [Hack #94] . With Knoppix as a base, these developers benefit from th...

In early 2003, people who used Knoppix as a base on which to build live CDs (which used Debian GNU/Linux) developed Morphix (http://www.morphix.org)—a remastered version of Knoppix. 8.2.1 What Makes Morphix So Special As you have s...

Indeed, even on Knoppix, you are given different choices for web browsers, email clients, text editors, and window managers. But sometimes choice breeds contention. There are a few ongoing holy wars in the open source community. Some, like...

8.4.1 Birth of Mediainlinux During 2003, I was working at the Virtual Reality & Multi Media Park (http://www.vrmmp.it) help desk. Some students attending the school (http://edu.vrmmp.it) wanted to know how to configure and use the mu...

A Knoppix CD is a fantastic way to demonstrate an entirely free operating system to a free-software newbie. At OFSET (The Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching, http://www.ofset.org), we've found that a customized version...

8.6.1 The History Simply put, I'm an efficiency freak, which is why I founded Damn Small Linux (DSL, http://www.damnsmalllinux.org). I am also a big Knoppix fan, but running KDE, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, etc. from a live CD on my older c...

INSERT is a specialized live CD and its outstanding feature is size. INSERT is about 50 MB, which makes it ideal for downloading and placing it on a credit-card-sized CD-ROM to be carried on the go. INSERT is targeted at the Linux professi...

S. Linux) aims to put many great security tools all on a single mini-CD. Local Area Security Linux (L.A.S Linux) began as a personal project: to learn more about live CDs and to create a security toolkit. Over two years ago, L.A.S. Linux b...

Knoppix-STD is a Knoppix variant dedicated to the daily tasks of an information security professional, as well as a learning platform for those interested in exploring information security in a relatively safe and painless environment. K...

Distcc is a program that distributes builds of C, C++, Objective C or Objective C++ code across several machines on a network. I quickly installed distcc on my networked Linux systems and was happily using up unused cycles and speeding up my ...

be/clusterknoppix) combines the functionality of openMosix with the ease of use of Knoppix. It contains an openMosix kernel and the openMosix userspace utilities, along with various other tools for monitoring and manipulating the cluster, l...

eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html) adds a quantitative facet to Knoppix. Based on ClusterKnoppix [Hack #89], Quantian adds software with a quantitative, numerical, and scientific focus: several computer-algebra systems; higher-level matrix lang...

sourcepole.com/sources/software/gis-knoppix/) from Sourcepole is a Knoppix derivative with a focus on Geographic Information Systems (GIS). On the surface, GIS Knoppix looks and acts like a regular Knoppix disc with many of the same utilities...

mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html) is a unique Knoppix variant, because its primary function is to install MythTV, not to act as a portable Linux distribution. KnoppMyth uses the excellent hardware autoconfiguration of Knoppix, and bundles it wit...

Even if you don't know how to program, there are still plenty of ways you can contribute to the project: file bug reports, write documentation, share your ideas for improvements, and help others in the forums. 8.15.1 Become a Knoppix ...