Knoppix is a Linux distribution created by the German consultant Klaus Knopper and based on Debian. It became famous as one of the first widely used live CD systems, able to start from a CD or later a USB drive and run entirely from memory without installing anything on the hard disk. It included automatic hardware detection and a large selection of software, so that a user could try Linux on almost any computer. Many people used it as a rescue disc to repair or recover data from a failed system. Knoppix inspired a series of other live distributions and helped to popularize the idea of trying Linux without installing it.
Before and after
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Mundilfari
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Suttungr
- 23 September 2000Discovery of Thrymr
- from 28 September 2000 to 8 February 2005Second Intifada
- 30 September 2000Creation of Knoppix
- October 2000Launch of Discogs
- from 6 October 2000 to 15 February 2015Premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- 7 November 20002000 United States presidential election
- 9 November 2000Discovery of Albiorix
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- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 1984Discovery of hassium
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
- 20 October 2004Creation of Ubuntu
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