KNOPPIX Features
KNOPPIX has so many features it??™s hard to find a place to start. The latest
official version of KNOPPIX at the time of this writing (KNOPPIX 5.1.1),
features X.Org7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, KDE 3.5.5, GIMP 2.2.11, Linux
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Understanding KNOPPIX
Starting KNOPPIX
Using KNOPPIX
Running KNOPPIX
kernel 2.6.19, as well as many multimedia applications. More information can be found on the
KNOPPIX homepage (www.knoppix.com).
One of the most useful features of the most recent versions of KNOPPIX is the ease with which you
can create your own, personalized KNOPPIX disk. The available options are so vast that there is
not enough room to cover them in this book. For more information on how to create your own
version of KNOPPIX, see www.knopper.net.
KNOPPIX includes support for NTFS file systems, so you can use KNOPPIX on a computer
with Windows XP installed and access your files from your hard disk. This is a
good way to try out your documents, music, movies, or other content from Windows using Linux
applications (before you switch permanently). NTFS transparent write access, which was newly
supported in KNOPPIX 5.0, is said to make writing to NTFS partitions safer than it was in previous
versions.
Understanding KNOPPIX
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