Gnoppix
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Gnoppix 2.12 |
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Website: | http://www.gnoppix.org |
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, and both distributions are based on the apt packaging system designed for Debian GNU/Linux. 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.
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