Knoppix

Knoppix is a live bootable Linux distribution on CD, meaning that you can put the CD into your computer, start it up and within a couple of minutes have a an active Linux desktop running on your computer. Knoppix does not install anything onto your computer when you run it from CD so can be used to evaluate Linux without installing it or damaging your computer, test your computer's hardware for compatibility with Linux, and troubleshoot problems that may be happening with another Linux or Windows installation on your computer. It you like Knoppix it is possible to create a persistant home directory on your computer to save preferences etc, or install it onto your system so you don't need to keep booting from CD all the time.

Knoppix is based on Debian and boots into the KDE desktop by default. It comes with, among other software, the XMMS Multimedia System, Konqueror, Mozilla, the CD burning application K3b, the image software Gimp and the OpenOffice.org office suite. Knoppix by default boots into the Linux 2.4 kernel branch but booting in 2.6 has been available since version 3.4 by typing in "linux26" at the boot prompt. Other boot time options are available by pressing the F1 key at boot time, such as booting into a console only or using an alternative boot manager such as Xfce, WindowMaker, Fluxbox or Icewm.

Buy Knoppix 5.3.1

Knoppix 5.3.1 was released on March 28th 2008. Read the release announcement on the Knoppix website. Knoppix 5.3.1 comes on DVD only; if you want Knoppix on CD you will need to buy the older 5.1.1 release below. View our screenshots of Knoppix 5.3.1.

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Buy Knoppix 5.1

Knoppix 5.1.1 was released on January 4th 2007 and contains some bugfixes to the 5.1.0 version released on December 31st 2006.

Buy Knoppix 5.0

A preview of Knoppix 5.0 DVD was made available at CeBIT 2006 and the first public release was made available on June 2nd 2006. Knoppix 5.0.1 includes the Linux Kernel 2.6.17, Xorg 7.0, KDE 3.5.2, Gnome 2.12, OpenOffice 2.0.2 and write access for NTFS partitions. The Knoppix Installer now makes it possible to upgrade existing installations of Knoppix. The CD comes with a reduced number of software packages.

Buy Knoppix 4

The Knoppix 4.0 DVD made its first public release on August 17th 2005, following the preview release at Linux Tag in Karlsruhe on June 23rd 2005. The version we have available here is the English version of the public release. It comes with both KDE 3.4.1 and Gnome 2.8.1. You can view 33 Screenshots of the Knoppix 4.0 DVD here. The CD and DVD versions are 4.0.2 which were released on September 24th 2005.

Buy Knoppix 3

Knoppix 3.9 comes with KDE 3.4.0; Knoppix 3.8.1 & 3.8.2 come with KDE 3.3.2; 3.7 with KDE 3.3.1; 3.6 with KDE 3.2.3; 3.4 with KDE 3.2.2, 3.3 with KDE 3.1.5. We are interested in getting hold of Knoppix 3.1 (which comes with KDE 3.0.4) for testing purposes; if you are able to supply us with a copy of this please contact us. Note that Knoppix runs on i486 and higher processors only.