Gnoppix
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Gnoppix 2.12 | |
| Developer | Andreas Mueller |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 2.12 / September 7, 2005 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| License | Various |
| Official website | http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gnoppix/ |
Gnoppix is an operating system primarily intended to offer the GNOME desktop environment on a Live CD, allowing the operating system to be used without installing it to hard disk.
Gnoppix is inspired by Knoppix, a Live CD distribution which used KDE for its user interface until the version 6 release when it switched to LXDE. 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). Although Gnoppix was intended to be used as a 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 main developer, Andreas Mueller, was hired by Canonical to continue his work at Ubuntu.
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