If you have more than 1GB of RAM on your computer, you can use the toram boot
option to KNOPPIX. This will not only allow you to remove the KNOPPIX disk, because
everything is running from RAM, but will also cause KNOPPIX to run faster than a Linux system
installed on a hard disk.
I must admit that the challenges described here are more of an explanation of how KNOPPIX works
than they are problems with KNOPPIX itself. The idea that you can run a full-blown desktop and
server operating system from a single CD (with nearly 2GB of available applications) is an awesome
concept for someone who still remembers DOS and character terminals.
Seeing Where KNOPPIX Comes From
KNOPPIX was created by Klaus Knopper in Germany. Knopper follows in the great tradition of
naming a distribution using a part of the creator??™s own name with ???ix??? or ???ux??? stuck on the end.
While a groundswell of interest and support has appeared for KNOPPIX in the past few years,
Knopper himself admits that KNOPPIX started out more as a collection of tools he needed than as
a full Linux distribution. Knopper works to provide only software that can be distributed freely, for
both noncommercial and commercial use. He doesn??™t even include some free software (such as
browser plug-ins) that might restrict free redistribution, although he doesn??™t object to including
non??“open source software that can still be freely distributed.
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