Knoppix

Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system.

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knoppix is an operating system based on debian designed to be run directly from a cd / dvd (live cd) or a usb key (live usb), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. when starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a ram drive. the decompression is transparent and onthefly.although knoppix is primarily designed to be used as a live cd, it can also be installed on a hard disk like a typical operating system. computers that support booting from usb devices can load knoppix from a live usb flash drive or memory card.there are two main editions of knoppix: the traditional compact disc (700 megabytes) edition and the dvd (4.7 gigabytes) "maxi" edition. each of these main editions has two languagespecific editions: english and german.knoppix mostly consists of free and open source software, but also includes proprietary software

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