Knoppix is a top choice for developers, administrators, or anyone on the move. Unlike many other popular Linux distributions Knoppix stays focused on providing one of the best Linux live CD’s available. Now you can have a huge selection of excellent applications and system tools all without any changes to your current system setup. Knoppix is also a great choice for carrying on a flash drive. Not to mention the fact that Knoppix has very advanced hardware detection. So download this great release today and find out why Knoppix is known by many as one of the best Linux Live CD's available. Many users have reported that Knoppix was so useful that it is now used as their default installation. And yes Knoppix can be installed to your hard drive without to much trouble but it is not recommended for Linux newcomers.

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Features

• This great live CD uses Linux Kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x.
• Enjoy the LXDE dekstop with many of the popular Gnome and KDE tools.
• DVD addition available with optional KDE4 or Gnome desktop.
• Networking is handled by NetworkManager and nm-applet.
• Several popular multimedia plugins for audio and video.
• GIMP, VirtualBox, and Wine are only a few of the useful applications on this CD.
• A handful of development and programming tools also
• Lots of archiving tools to handle any file compression format your might encounter.
• The massive collection of games will keep you busy for weeks!
• There is also a large selection of educational tools which can be helpful.

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Desktop

The Knoppix 6.4 desktop is very simple and probably similar to what you are already familiar with. The desktop consists of your main panel, your start menu, and your basic desktop icons. All of your options and applications can be found neatly arranged inside your start menu, although there are many. You can launch your file manager by clicking on the Knoppix folder icon that sits on the desktop. The default file manager is PCmanFM which is lightweight and very fast. PCmanFM is similar to most modern file managers, remote file systems and plugged in devices will also be displayed in the side panel.

If there are any applications that might be missing you can always install them using the Synaptic package manager in your start menu or the APT command line tool. You can also add new panels to your desktop, or add new applets and launchers to your panels. Right click on your main panel to bring up a popup menu. From here you can click panel settings, or add and remove panel items. There is a decent selection of cool applets you can add to your desktop also and more can be added at any time. System monitors and custom menus are just some of the items already available.

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Appearance

Generally because Knoppix is meant to be used as a live CD too much customization will not always be necessary. Bit if you use Knoppix on a flash drive you might consider some decoration. Open your start menu and look in the preferences section for your system settings button. Here you can see many important and fun options displayed neatly, again in categories. The look and feel section of your system settings window will let you change your desktop all you want. Scroll over any icon in your system settings window to see detailed tooltips about those options.

The first icon in your system settings window is for your appearance settings so click on that. Inside the appearance preferences window you can change the look of your windows in many ways. Window fonts, colors, icons, and buttons can all be changed from here. You can also change you splash screen theme or add new ones easily through the interface. Or try testing your splash screens using the test theme button. If you want to customize things further you might want to try changing the default style used for your desktop widgets from the style tab.

Now back to your system settings window where you can click on the desktop settings icon for more options. From the desktop effects section of the desktop settings window you can enable 3D compositing and other visual effects like shadows or animations. The screensaver section has many attractive screensavers that will give your desktop some style when you are away. For more settings just right click on the desktop background and then click on desktop preferences. From the desktop preferences window you can change your desktop backgrounds although there aren't many available by default because Knoppix is intended to be used a live CD. Be sure to always keep a copy of this excellent live CD available, it can always rescue your system from disaster.