Welcome to Gnoppix Website

There are lots of people and some companies who support the GNOPPIX project. Thank you to Klaus Knopper, Noël Koethe, Kurt Pfeifle, James Strandboge, Ralf Nolden, Sven Herzberg and

and lots of other people...

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We are looking for GNOPPIX testers. If you want be a tester please contact with us. E-mail : betatest@gnoppix.org

This is a list of frequently asked questions. If you have further questions please ask them on one of the mailing lists.

1. What is GNOPPIX exactly?
2. What's the difference between GNOPPIX and KNOPPIX?
3. Why GNOME and not KDE?
4. Which version of the GNOME desktop are you going to deliver?
5. Which additional features will GNOPPIX have?
6. Which debian version is GNOPPIX based upon?
7. Where can I get GNOPPIX from?
8. Are there any official mailing lists?
9. What are the passwords?

1. What is GNOPPIX exactly?
GNOPPIX is a linux live cd similar to KNOPPIX which includes a complete GNOME desktop environment.

2. What's the difference between GNOPPIX and KNOPPIX?
GNOPPIX has some similar targets: insert the cd and have a running graphical GNU/Linux system. The main difference is that we deliver only one desktop enviroment which will be GNOME.

3. Why GNOME and not KDE?
Because we think that GNOME is a good desktop environment. This is just a question of personal flavor, if you prefer KDE, feel free to take one of the other live cds out there.

4. Which version of the GNOME desktop are you going to deliver?
Our current releases are based upon GNOME 2.4.

5. Which additional features will GNOPPIX have?
To enhance the GNOME desktop to provide a complete enviroment useful for several different task, we're goint to includes lots of other software written to enhance the GNOME desktop (e.g. GNOME fifth toe)

GNOPPIX is using discover for hardware detection. Kudzu has got problems on several machines and doesn't detect some kind of hardware correctly. Discover is more reliable and platform independent (thus we're able to create a PPC version based upon our ix86 packages list, which would make synchronization between both platform versions quite easy).

6. Which debian version is GNOPPIX based upon?
GNOPPIX is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody). Woody provides a really reliable and stable system which is a good base for a live cd. We enhance woody by some unoffcial packages for the GNOME desktop and a newer XFree.

7. Where can I get GNOPPIX from?
We've got several mirrors (as providing large isos is always a question of traffic limitations). Take a look at the download section for further details.

8. Are there any official mailing lists?
Yes, take a look at the section called “Mailing Lists” for further details.

9. What are the passwords?
The passwords aren't set. You can set credativ's password by running passwd in a terminal. root's password can be changed by sudo passwd.

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