Gnoppix

Gnoppix

Gnoppix 2.12
Company / developer	Klaus Knopper
OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Free software / open source software
Latest stable release	2.12 / September 7, 2005
Kernel type	Monolithic kernel
License	Various

Gnoppix was an operating system 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 Live CD distribution which used KDE for its user interface until the Version 6 release. Both distributions are based on Advanced Packaging Tool, designed for Debian. 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). (Knoppix now uses LXDE and the new initial LX.)

Although Gnoppix was intended to be used as Live CD it could also be installed to and booted from a hard disk. Gnoppix was originally built around its own customised Live CD environment; the last editions, however, were a rebranded and customised version of Ubuntu.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Live Distro
• Comparison of Linux Live Distros