Knoppix

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KNOPPIX is a bootable Live Linux system on CD, DVD, or USB, providing automatic hardware detection and a full desktop environment without installation. It can be used for productive work, education, or as a rescue system.

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# Live Linux Filesystem On CD Source: [https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html](https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) ## What is KNOPPIX®? KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD, DVD or USB flash drives, consisting of a representative collection of[GNU/Linux](https://www.knopper.net/linux/)software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals\. KNOPPIX can be used as a productive Linux system for the desktop, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos\. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk\. Due to on\-the\-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it \(over 9GB on the DVD "Maxi" edition\)\. ![[KNOPPIX Logo]](https://www.knopper.net/pics/knoppix-logo.gif)

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