Klaus Knopper
| Klaus Knopper | |
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 Klaus Knopper (2009) |
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| Born | 1968 (age 44–45) Ingelheim,  Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | Kaiserslautern University of Technology |
| Known for | creator of Knoppix co-founder of the LinuxTag expo |
| Spouse | Adriane Knopper |
| Website | |
| http://www.knopper.net/ | |
Klaus Knopper (born 1968 in Ingelheim) is a German electrical engineer and free software developer.
Knopper is the creator of Knoppix, a well-known live CD Linux distribution. He received his degree in electrical engineering from the Kaiserslautern University of Technology (in German: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern), co-founded LinuxTag in 1996 (a major European Linux expo) and has been a self-employed information technology consultant since 1998. He also teaches at the Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences.
Knopper is married to Adriane Knopper, who has a visual impairment. She has been assisting Knopper with a version of Knoppix for blind and visually impaired people, released in the third quarter of 2007 as a Live CD. Her name has been given to the distribution: Adriane Knoppix.[1]
Adriane is more of a desktop or "Non-graphical-userinterface" for blind computer beginners than a "distribution". It will work on top of any GNU/Linux distribution that has a screenreader (Preferably SBL) and some text-based tools for internet access and normal work.
References [edit]
- ^ "Free Operating System For Blind: Adriane Knoppix". EFY News. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
External links [edit]
- Klaus Knopper personal profile at Knoppix (German)
- Meet The 'No Hard Disk' Man, at efytimes.com
- Free scores by Klaus Knopper at the International Music Score Library Project
