Gnoppix
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 Gnoppix 2.12 |
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| Website: | http://www.gnoppix.org |
| Company/ developer: |
Klaus Knopper |
| OS family: | Linux |
| Source model: | Free and open source software |
| Latest stable release: | 2.12 / September 7, 2005 |
| Kernel type: | Monolithic kernel |
| License: | Various |
| Working state: | Dormant |
Gnoppix is a Linux distribution primarily intended to offer the GNOME desktop environment on a Live CD, which allows the operating system to be used without installing it to hard disk.
Gnoppix was inspired by Knoppix, a well-known Live CD distribution which uses KDE for its user interface. Both distributions are based on the APT packaging, system designed for Debian GNU/Linux, and created by the same creator, Klaus Knopper. The name is a play on Knoppix but with a G in the tradition of naming GNOME apps with an initial G (to KDE's K).
Although Gnoppix is intended to be used as Live CD it can also be installed to and booted from a hard disk. Gnoppix was originally built around its own customised Live CD environment; the current edition, however, is a rebranded and customised version of Ubuntu.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Gnoppix website — currently redirects to www.linuxshop.de; access date: 2006-11-22
- Project page on savannah.nongnu.org
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