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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. "

2 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. Does Knoppix have an NT reg editor? by Hairy_Potter · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've often heard that hackers who can physically infiltrate a site will use a linux kernel and NT reg ed to hack an NT box, resetting the admin password. Does Knoppix have this, and do you think it's a dangerous addition, making Linux seem even more hacker friendly than it is?

  2. True, all the FreeBSD developers are American by Hairy_Potter · · Score: 1, Troll

    and if anything catches the zietgest of our time, it's a purer form or UNIX developed by Americans, for Americans. Perhaps the FreeBSD team can put together their own boot CD with these utilities, and restrict the iso download to only American Ip addresses (which will no doubt annoy the crazy Dutchman De Raadt, be he's close enough to America to have a henchmen drive down from Vancouver to get it).