Kanotix

Kanotix, also referred to as KANOTIX, is a Linux distribution Live CD (LiveDistro) based on Debian (until 2006 unstable, in 2007 KANOTIX moved to Debian Etch) with advanced hardware detection.Kanotix IntroductionThorhammer Beta-Review on tuxmachines.org, July 2007 (author: eco2geek) It can run from an optical disc drive without using a hard disk.

Kanotix uses KDE as the default desktop environment. GNOME and other window managers can be downloaded using APT.

The name "Kanotix" is derived from the founder's nickname "Kano". Kanotix's mascot is a fangtooth.

Content
Kanotix is based on Debian stable (currently "Etch"). It contains a lot of backports.Kanotix backports 
Kanotix includes about 1,200 software packages:

 KDE, the default desktop environment, including the Konqueror, IceWM, Beryl (allows access to a 3D desktop environment)
 Amarok, Video Disk Recorder
 Beryl (window manager)
 Internet access software, including the KPPP dialer, ISDN utilities and WLAN-NdisWrapper
 Iceweasel-web browser,  IceDove Mail/News Client, Pidgin instant messenger
 K3b, for CD (and DVD) authoring and backup
 The GIMP, an image manipulation program
 Gparted and other tools for data rescue and system repair
 Network analysis and administration tools
 LibreOffice, an office suite
 Programming and development tools
 NTFS-3G used by default

Installation
Kanotix can be installed to the hard disk using the (graphical) acritoxinstaller , which, depending on optical drive, hard disk and processor speed, can take around 10 – 20 minutes.

Versions
History
In 2003 Jörg Schirottke was known with the nickname "Kano" in the former Knoppix-Forum (no more available). The distribution derived from "Kano's Scriptpage for Knoppix" . He wrote about Knoppix: "I like it much, but I had to improve it :)".Kano about "Knoppix"" So he did. One of the main differences from Knoppix was the support of hard disk installation.
The first "Kanotix"-preview was released at 24 December 2003 "KANOTIX XMAS 2003 PREVIEW".
In 2004 and 2005 KANOTIX was a popular distribution ranking in the "top 20" of "distrowatch.com".Popularity: Ranking in distrowatch year 2005Review "KANOTIX - Putting the Pizzazz on Debian" In 2004 the releases were named "Bug Hunter" (Bug Hunter-01-2004 - X-2004). After problems with the stability in 2006 Jörg "Kano" Schirottke decided to move from Debian Sid to a less volatile basis.Codeveloper leaves Kanotix
In October 2006 the main Kanotix co-developer (and most of Kanotix's other developers) left the project, to start sidux, another distribution based on Debian sid. The last Kanotix release based on Debian Sid was 2006-01-RC4.

Current Releases

+ Kanotix Version Date Name 2007  2007-12-31  Thorhammer (RC7) 2007  2007-09-15  Thorhammer (RC6) 01-2006  2006-10-02  2006-01 (RC4) 2006  2006-05-14  2006-VDR (RC6) 2006  2006-05-14  2006-Easter (RC4) 2006  2006-03-11  2006-CeBit (RC3) 2005-04  2005-12-31  2005-03  2005-06-06  2005-02  2005-04-10  2005-01 2005-02-12  10-2004  2004-11-28   Bug Hunter X 09-2004  2004-10-17   Bug Hunter 09 08-2004  2004-09-20   Bug Hunter 08 07-2004  2004-07-29   Bug Hunter 07 06-2004  2004-07-01   Bug Hunter 06 05-2004  2004-04-23   Bug Hunter 05 04-2004  2004-03-19   Bug Hunter 04 03-2004  2004-03-02  Bug Hunter 03 02-2004  2004-02-07   Bug Hunter 02 01-2004  2004-02-03   Bug Hunter 01 01-2003  2003-12-24   XMAS Preview

Other websites

 Official site
 acritoxinstaller 

Category:Knoppix
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