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GNOPPIX: Bootable GNOME CD

Posted by michael on from the sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

ubiquitin writes "While KNOPPIX has been around for some time, the GNOPPIX project has only recently made its first release. The main difference is that it lets you boot into the GNOME desktop environment. Usually forks are more trouble than they're worth, but given the limits of what you can compress onto a single CD, separate projects makes sense to me. Hopefully more widespread recognition will also bring about a few more mirrors."

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  1. Nothing new here... by advocate_one · · Score: 5, Informative
    Morphix has had a Gnome version available for some time now as well as KDE and XFCE4 versions.

    morphix.sourceforge.net

    >Currently, iso's with XFCE4, Gnome2.2, KDE3.1 and a game iso are available for download! Morphix is an Open >Source/Free software project, based on Debian GNU/Linux and Knoppix. For more information, check the FAQ

    Now had it been Gnome 2.4... that would have been news. :)

    --
    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  2. Re:Live CDs by FreeLinux · · Score: 5, Informative

    Knoppix
    Knoppix Mini Cd
    OpenGroupware Live CD
    Moppix
    Gnoppix
    Quantian Scientific Computing Environment
    Freeduc
    L.A.S.
    BlueEyedOS
    Oralux
    DamnSmallLinux

    and others I can't presently remember.

  3. Re:How do you pronounce this? by VertigoAce · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except with Knoppix, the 'K' isn't silent. Knoppix is from Knopper, which is a German name. Unlike English, the k in kn is pronounced.