Kurumin Linux

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**Kurumin**
Kurumin 6.0 running KDE
Website:	www.guiadohardware.net/kurumin/
Company/ developer:	Carlos Morimoto
OS family:	Linux
Source model:	Open source
Latest stable release:	6.1 / September 2006
Kernel type:	Monolithic kernel
License:	Various
Working state:	Current

Kurumin Linux is a LiveCD Linux distribution based on Debian via Knoppix and Kanotix. Its main features are the advanced hardware auto-detection (inherited from Knoppix), Brazilian Portuguese language and content and ease of use. The first releases of Kurumin were small enough to fit on a mini-CD, but that goal was abandoned with the release of Kurumin 4.0, when larger packages such as OpenOffice.org and a Java Virtual Machine were included. As of release 6.0, the size of the disk image is about 508MB. According to DistroWatch, Kurumin is the most popular Linux distribution in Brazil.

As of September 2006, the current version is 6.1.

The distribution features a proprietary control center named ClicaAki (roughly: "ClickHere"), which can be used to transfer control to a series of "magic icons" which install software not included in the live CD (especially games) and configure a wide range of networking options. It also provides access to the Synaptic package manager.

Kurumin comes from the Tupi word "kurumi", which means boy. The usage of the letter K, instead of the usual Portuguese spelling ("curumi" or "curumim"), brings it in line with KDE (Kurumin's default desktop environment) and with Knoppix.

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