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Knoppix slims down Linux Live CD
News The Knoppix project will start releasing two editions of its Linux Live CD from next summer. But Knoppix developer Klaus Knopper says that users will soon be able to choose between a fully featured version and a slimmed-down version of the CD.
[December 20, 2004, 16:10]
Knoppix slims down Linux Live CD
Talkback I've tried to keep a BitTorrent session for Knoppix up all the time, as my small way to help out. Great idea! A relatively simple CD, and a massive DVD, instead of trying to pack "everything" into a CD and having to make hard choices.
[December 21, 2004, 15:15]
Knoppix Hacks: Scan for Viruses
White Papers Viruses and worms are a common problem in the computing world today. It seems every other day a new virus or worm comes out, and anti-virus vendors must quickly update their signatures to block the new outbreak.
[October 17, 2007, 1:00]
Linux goes Live on Gentoo CD release
Talkback If you are expecting a Knoppix or Kanotix like 'live demo', be warned and don't waste your time on install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso Gentoo has a curious definintion of 'Live', at least compared to Knoppix and Kanotix.
[February 1, 2005, 2:38]
Linux touted as the solution to online-banking problems
News Coastguard is based upon Knoppix, a Linux distribution which boots entirely from CD and is known for its automatic hardware detection features. When building Coastguard, Tronson said, Cybersource recognised that Knoppix "is not particularly...
[March 24, 2005, 10:45]
Linux PCs 'used to run pirated Windows'
Talkback I have several machines with a Windows license sticker outside and Knoppix installed inside. Those who use Knoppix today know that Micorsoft will lose the war - this is a war for freedom and Linux is now beating Microsoft at the desktop also...
[September 30, 2004, 18:28]
Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'
Talkback E.G.a Boston Liberal Arts college for Native Americans reused their 45 lab computers with memory upgrades and Knoppix Linux. Not only that, but by purchasing more memory, and some blank CD-Rs they were able to get Knoppix Linux on their older x86...
[April 10, 2005, 0:09]
Longhorn and the Linux long-game
Talkback Now, I'm not sure what flavor of Linux you're using, but you could try any version of Knoppix Linux. Furthermore, there are modems which work great with Knoppix, and there is a simple method for a "GUI" install.
[March 11, 2005, 6:07]
Patent intervention gives Poland the popular vote
News Klaus Knopper, the founder of Linux Live CD Knoppix, said the project will not be able to continue as public and open, downloadable software if the patent directive is passed. No money that I could charge for Knoppix would allow me to pay for the...
[December 30, 2004, 14:55]
IBM chases a PC's soul
News IBM conducted its tests on a 60GB iPod photo using Knoppix, a Linux software derivative, as an auto-configuration OS, VMware Workstation as the virtual machine monitor and an x86 PC as the encrypted virtual machine.
[August 15, 2005, 9:30]
Works well with linux
Member Review After going through lots of distros I ended up with a knoppix hd-install which seems to have everything up and running -- oh, and the 'designed for windows XP' sticker has now been thrown out.
[March 20, 2004, 6:54]
Lindows shares OS for free
Talkback I have been sharing Linux Knoppix, Linux knoppixSTD, Hackers delight! linux stux-0.6.2, and linux IPCOP on Limewire, for the past month, to over 2000 users, so far! Come and get yours! Search Linux, or any distribution name!
[February 3, 2004, 18:08]
Trust no one
Talkback Run a "knoppix" livecd as your OS. You missed the most effective trick. There are disadvantages, but it is nearly 100% foolproof, and even if compromised (theoretically possible) it starts clean with a reboot.
[December 13, 2004, 14:51]
Windows won't work? Time for a Mac
Talkback You could even try booting off a "live" Linux CD (such as Knoppix) to test the viability of this plan before actually installing anything. Rather than junk perfectly good PCs, why not simply install Linux on them instead?
[February 25, 2004, 7:45]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback I've run Mepis, Xandros,Yoper,Ubuntu(both Warty and Breezy),DSL,Feather,Puppy,Knoppix. I've looked at just about every free Linux distribution that there is. I could go on,but WHY? For my machine and for my needs,KANOTIX is the best I've seen.
[January 22, 2006, 18:47]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback You can run your PC from a USB key http://www.goosee.com/puppy/flash-puppy.htm .You can run your PC from a CD http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.6-2004-08-16-EN.iso
[December 9, 2004, 22:19]
Millions in India to get OpenOffice
Talkback Now, if the govt.had sent Live CDs of Knoppix preinstalled with all the apps.that would have made MS mad. Open Office, but which version - Windows or Linux. I think it would be Windows because not many people in India (like everywhere else) use Linux.
[May 25, 2005, 18:25]
Dell to factory-install SuSE Linux
Talkback I got my new Dell a week ago, with the standard ms win xp home and a lot of stuff I don't want on it: I straight made room(read partitions) formy data and a Suse 9.1 Personal in it, and some room to put a hard disk installed Knoppix becoming a...
[October 28, 2004, 14:03]
Linux a picture of health at CeBIT
News Knoppix 3.8 contains a full range of open source applications and can be booted directly from a CD. So many people turned up to Knopper's event that there wasn't a spare seat to be had, and our correspondent on the ground reports that "a mad rush...
[March 11, 2005, 17:55]
Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers
Talkback All of the Good Desktop Distros (except for Mandrake 9.x and SUSE ) are in fact Debian Linux Based - eg: Xandros, Knoppix and even Lindows. As for ease of installation, I build and manage Desktop Operating System Rollouts for Large Corporates and...
[November 5, 2003, 13:55]
