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                                                                            Knoppix Linux

                                                                            Website  OR  Website
                                                                            I prefer the second website (a little less technical)
                                                                            Knoppix Facts:
                                                                            • Knoppix is Debian based!
                                                                            • This distro is the original Live CD distro, which enables the user to run an entire operating system completely from a CD disk
                                                                            • Because it is meant to be run from the CD disk drive on a computer it is not suitable for a hard drive install..This is a great back-up distro that you can use to troubleshoot your system or take with you when you travel.

                                                                            Things I like:
                                                                            • Easy to run
                                                                            • Fast! On the webpage, it says zero to linux in 5 minutes..this is true!
                                                                            • Looks great! This distro uses KDE desktop, which works hard to give a visually pleasing desktop experience (eye-candy).
                                                                            • Every application I tried out worked.
                                                                            • I like the Rescue Disk concept

                                                                            What I didn't like:
                                                                            • I got a tad confused on a couple of set up questions but I mostly chose defaults when that happened
                                                                            • I liked it so much that it would have been great to install but Knoppix is not meant as a hard drive intall distro. For me, that's a deal breaker. (If portability is an issue for you, then you might just love this distro!)

                                                                            Summary:
                                                                            I really liked this one. It was a great looking distro "out of the box" and I had no problems figuring out things but because of the fact that it doesn't work as a hard drive distro, I give it a B

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