Revision as of 02:27, 17 December 2005

Welcome to the Knoppix wiki. This wiki and other features found on Knoppix.net are all about Knoppix. Knoppix.net is a resource for users, developers, and testers of Knoppix. The official website for Knoppix is at Klaus Knopper's website.

Knoppix is a Free and Open Source Live Linux CD based on Debian GNU/Linux. Live Linux CD means that the computer boots and runs completely from cd. Nothing is installed on your hard drive in order for you to experience many of the Open Source software packages available. Knoppix includes recent Linux software and desktop environments, including such applications as OpenOffice.org, Abiword, Gimp, Konqueror, Firefox, Apache, PHP, MySQL and hundreds of other quality open source programs. Knoppix.net allows you to look at the FAQ's and Documentation, participate in discussions on the forums, or just burn a copy of it and try it out! - You can download it ( CD or DVD size ISO files ) or buy it from a CD distributor, more info on the download / buy page.

The documentation found here is organized in several sections. The goal is to take you from the very beginning as you learn how to use Knoppix all the way to advanced applications of the Live Linux CD.

What this wiki is NOT: This is not the place to post your questions about Knoppix. While there is a section to track bugs once they are well defined, please do not edit FAQs or other articles just to add a question without an answer. The Knoppix forum is the proper place for asking for help from other Knoppix users. If you post questions in the wiki fewer people will see them and you will not get as many or as high quality of responses as in the forums. If you do post a question in the forums and get an informative response, consider enhancing the wiki by adding that information to the appropriate section (assuming it wasn't there already).

Download 

A handy one-stop source of information about downloading, verifying, burning and booting a Knoppix CD or DVD is this wiki's Downloading FAQ. You may also want to review the wiki article on Bittorrent. If you do not wish to download and burn your own copy there are others who will sell you a copy of Knoppix that you can find at the official Knoppix vendor site.

FAQ 

There are various Frequently Asked Question pages available.

Bug report pages 

If you have found a bug in Knoppix, you can report it on the Bug tracking site. However, some users have developed bug report pages on this wiki that include work arounds to some of the problems with each release of Knoppix.

Customizing 

After you have experimented with Knoppix for awhile you may want to customize it. Customizing may be as simple as using the Cheat Codes while booting the Knoppix CD. You may want to look at the Customizing FAQ or at some of the specialized Knoppix based Linux distributions.

Knoppix Remastering 

If customizing isn't meeting your needs, then there's information on how to remaster Knoppix. Yes, remastering is one of the beautiful facts of Open Source software: You can take the software and remold it to how you see fit. There are translations available of the Knoppix Remastering Howto ---- Deutsch ---- French ---- en español ---- Russian ---- Indonesian.

Hard drive Installation 

The main strength of Knoppix is its ability to be run from memory as a Live Linux CD. The advantage to this is that you can take the CD with you. However, some users have worked out how to install Knoppix on a hard drive. Hard drive install of Knoppix is not recommended for the new user and one should understand that there are problems associated with a hard drive install of Knoppix, particularly if you try to install more software or update your current software. Users are encouraged to look at a Debian ( www.debian.org ) install before trying to "install" Knoppix. If you have an old small hard drive, a large hard drive, or any drive other than a CD Rom drive that Knoppix was originally intended for, then you may want to look at some of these Hard drive Installation pages.

Organized Content 

As the wiki develops more of the content will be organized. Here's some sample pages that may help you get going with the wiki ---- Cheat Codes ---- FAQ ---- Open Source Applications ---- Knoppix Remastering ---- Hard drive Installation ---- Useful Linux Commands ---- Useful Knoppix Commands ---- Bug report pages ---- Page stubs that could use additional content ---- Quick Index ---- Any ideas would be welcomed. How are you looking for information relating to knoppix?

Wiki Status

Note: the wiki is in a state of flux as described at Wiki_Upgrade_Info. Please see that page on how you can help get all the pages back.

Currently, the theme and plan of the wiki will take a novice user from the beginning all the way to advanced topics. Sections of the wiki will show you how to obtain, verify, burn the ISO file to a CD-R and finally how to boot Knoppix. Other sections will help a user become aquainted with the GUI interface that Knoppix provides. Moreover, some of the power of the command prompt and shell scripting languages will be provided. These topics may help you prepare for remastering Knoppix to meet your needs. Though Knoppix was designed to run from a CD-ROM drive, hard drive installations are possible.

There's a Quick Index page so that you can find pages easier while the wiki is in transition. The following two sections may help you find what you are looking for right away. The final sections on this page are conversion status pages. However, they are full of useful information now even though the conversion team has not had the chance to organize the content. If you'd like to help with the conversion, please sign up for an account and dig in. The Current events page has a list of all the pages that still need additional work.

Main Articles

Alias --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Apt --Eadz 05:32, 27 Feb 2005 (GMT)

Baby Gimp --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Basic Poor Mans --Markus 19:59, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Bittorrent --Kyle 07:13, 04 Jan 2004 (GMT)

BIOS --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Booting the CD / DVD --Kuhman

Bugs --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/3.4 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/3.4-2004-05-10 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/3.4-2004-05-17 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/3.5 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Knoppix Version V3.7-pcwelt bugs --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/3.6-2004-08-16 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/BSD --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs/Installer --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Burning the CD / DVD --Kuhman

CeBIT --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Cheat Codes --Kyle 07:13, 21 Dec 2004 (PST)

Cheat Codes Deutsch --Kyle 16:37, 21 Dec 2004 (PST)

Cloop Version 2.01 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Compression --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

crontab --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Customizing FAQ --Kyle

Dance Dance Tux --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Deutsch Knoppix FAQ --Kyle

Downloading FAQ --Jjolly 19:22, 18 Dec 2004 (EST)

echo --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

find --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

FTP FAQ --Markus 20:24, 28 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Galeon --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Gimp --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

GnuCash --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

General FAQ --Jjolly 14:31, 16 Dec 2004 (EST)

Hardware FAQ --Markus 14:28, 3 Jan 2005 (GMT)

Installation of older Knopix to HDD --jsu 8:40, 11 Mar 2005 (GMT)

Hd Install HowTo --Markus 20:34, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

HD Install Warning not to do it --User Harry Kuhman!Kuhman

Hd Install Without a Monitor HowTo --Markus 20:54, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Headless Knoppix --Markus 14:44, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Install FAQ --Markus 15:14, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Install Over Net HowTo --Markus 19:38, 28 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Installation Ueber Netz --Markus 19:57, 28 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Kernel --Kyle

Knopp Myth --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Knoppix FAQ --Jjolly 14:24, 16 Dec 2004 (EST)

Knoppix Customisations --Eadz 19:44, 20 Dec 2004 (EST)

Knoppix Hard Disk Scripts --Markus 13:34, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Knoppix Installer --Markus 16:18, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Knoppix Remastering Howto --Eadz 05:30, 27 Feb 2005 (GMT)

Knoppix Remastering with Menu Based Scripts Leah 19:23, 10 Nov 2005 (GMT)

Knoppix Remastering Howto Russian --S-max 18:39, 21 Feb 2005 (GMT)

Knoppix Versions --Kyle

Lilo --Markus 12:48, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Lin Neighborhood --Markus 16:42, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

lissetup.sh --Markus 19:46, 3 Jan 2005 (GMT)

lisstart.sh --Dr Kludge 05:54, 19 Sep 2005 (GMT)

ls --Dr Kludge 05:54, 19 Sep 2005 (GMT)

LVM2 --X1jmp 13:03, 26 Jul 2005 (GMT)

Mailing List --Kyle 8:50, 21 Dec 2004 (EST)

mkdir --Dr Kludge 05:54, 19 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Mo Bo --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Network FAQ --Markus

Open Office --Dr Kludge 22:17, 25 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Partition Managers --Markus 13:30, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Pivot Root Install --Markus 20:22, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Poor Mans Install --Markus 17:04, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

PXE FAQ --Markus 17:10, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Red Hat --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Remaster From Hd Install HowTo --Markus 17:06, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Rescue FAQ --Markus 16:36, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Root --Markus 13:25, 27 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Smb Client HowTo --Markus 18:57, 3 Jan 2005 (GMT)

Synaptic --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Tips And Tricks --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Using FAQ --Jjolly 19:22, 18 Dec 2004 (EST)

Win Partition --Markus 20:10, 26 Dec 2004 (GMT)

Win2Linux --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Wireless Networking --Kuhman

XFree86 and Xfree86 were merged. --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Pages in progress:

Note for any page that Dr Kludge has done and if you feel that page is finished, please move them to the finished section. You have my permission Dr Kludge 10:21, 17 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Air Traf --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

autodetection --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

bash --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Bugs --Eadz 05:29, 27 Feb 2005 (GMT)

Burn Home --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

bootfloppy --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Boot Floppy HowTo --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

boot.img --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

booting --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

botaje --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

bugs/3.4 --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

cat --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

cd --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

CD burner --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

cp --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

cloop --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

command line --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

cdrtools and cdrecord --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

debian-knoppix --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

dd --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

desktop environment --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

download manager --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

dpkg --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

evolution --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

fbdev --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

FluxBox --Photonic 09:02, 5 May 2005 (GMT)

Gnome and GNOME merged using mediawiki pipe --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Gnoppix --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

GNU --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

GUI --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

gzip --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

homedir --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

initrd --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

ISO and ISO Image merged using mediawiki pipe --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

kde3.1screenshots --Dr Kludge 05:54, 19 Sep 2005 (GMT)

KDE --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

linux kernel --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

linux Loader --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

kernel panic --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

kernel image --Dr Kludge 00:02, 24 Sep 2005 (GMT)

knoppix and Knoppix --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Linus Torvalds --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Linux --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

LiveCD --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

LiveDiskette --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

mkisofs --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

mount --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

morphix --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

operating system --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

package --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

partition --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

remaster --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

rm --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

root --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

samba --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Screen Shots --Kyle 14:26, 21 Dec 2004 (PST)

Spanish_Knoppix_FAQ --Nahuel 04:42, 30 Jul 2005 (GMT)

Skype --Steffen 15:55, 8 Aug 2005 (GMT)

ssh --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

ssh-agent and KNOPPIX --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

sudo --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

sys V --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

symlink --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

syslinux bootprompt --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

tar --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

tools --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Unix --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Unix command shell --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

unpartitioned install --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

USB --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

USB Based FAQ --Nlany 08:35, 10 Jan 2005 (GMT)

user interface --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Tux --Dr Kludge 23:02, 16 Sep 2005 (GMT)

Wish List

Pages todo

see http://www.knoppix.net/oldwiki/ hmmmm.....