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Klaus Knopper, Creator of Knoppix Talks to DistroWatch

Posted by Hemos on from the good-things-small-packages dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to us about an interview with Klaus Knopper the author/creator of 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. "

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  1. An excellent idea! by ivanandre · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This distro sure borns as a "demo" distro, but ive used it extensively and it rocks! Some of its uses are:
    • Put on a friends computer and show him/her the power of Linux and free software without modyfing his computer!
    • Boot a PC and figure out if the hardware its supported
    • Secure server? (Who can write in the cd?)


    I think the best point is that is Debian-based... and the hardware detection and configuration is awesome! Sure the debian guys can learn a bit... Free Software does not means impossible software, Knoppix!