KNOPPIX 7.4.0 / ADRIANE 1.7 Release

Contents

Complete software list: -> DVD (~3500 software packages, over 9GB uncompressed, cloop-compressed to 4GB).

Known bugs in version 7.4.0

The compiz plugin "write on screen" (Super-Alt-Mousebutton, erase with Super-Alt-k) writes invisibly. Workaround: Shortly switch on and off the magnification by Super-M.

Some effects in compiz are not using the colors and zoom factors set in the Compiz Configuration Manager.

The "explosion" effect and a few others known from compiz 0.8 are not yet available in compiz 0.9.

The uml drawing program dia does not start. Repair: apt-get update; apt-get install -t testing dia

does not start. Repair: If a GSM modem is detected, the network manager applet sometimes ceases to work and "disappears". Repair: apt-get update; apt-get install -t testing modemmanager

The additional "bootonly" mini-CD image inside the KNOPPIX directory boots in german language when a 64bit CPU is detected (it's only used in combination with computers that cannot boot from DVD or USB flash disks). Workaround: Use the knoppix64 lang=en boot option.

ADRIANE

A.D.R.I.A.N.E. (Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking Environment) is a talking menu system, which is supposed to make work and internet access easier for computer beginners, even if they have no sight contact to the computers monitor. A graphical environment with also talking programs and arbitrary magnification using compiz-fusion, is another option.

CD / DVD / USB Versions - which files do I need?

The current public beta release of KNOPPIX 7.4.0 DVD is available in different variants for download at the KNOPPIX-Mirrors.

file name content KNOPPIX_versionDVD-date-DE.iso KNOPPIX, DVD-Version, default language german, ISOfile format KNOPPIX_versionDVD-date-EN.iso KNOPPIX, DVD-Version, default language english, ISOfile format *.iso.md5 checksum file (MD5) for md5sum for checking CD-image after download *.iso.sha1 checksum file (SHA1) for sha1sum for checking CD-image after download *.iso.*.asc Digital signature for verifying authenticity of checksum files and images after download

For burning a CD or DVD, only one single .iso file matching your language and version choice, is sufficient.

Additionally, several independent vendors offer readily burned and verified CDs, DVDs and USB-memorysticks saent out via postal service.

Since there are so many different media capacities, there is no readymade image for booting off memorystick available for download. But it is easy to create a bootable USB-stick or flashcard from a running KNOPPIX system, as described in the next section.

Booting from Flash

In order to create a bootable USB-medium (memory flashdisk, SD-card, digital camera with USB connector, cellphone with microSD, ...), the program flash-knoppix can be started from a running KNOPPIX system. This program installs all needed KNOPPIX files onto the FAT-formatted flashdisk, and creates a boot record for it. If desired, the target medium can be partitioned and fornatted, or left in its inistal state, so that existing files stay intact. The KNOPPIX Live System starts and runs about factor 5 faster from USB flash disk than from CD or DVD!

After having copied the system to flash, using the persistent KNOPPIX image (overlay feature) or an additional Linux partition, it is possible to also store files permanently in live mode. That way, personal settings and additionally installed programs survive a reboot.

Boot options and controls

Overview of the most important functions. A complete description and listing of shortcuts can be found in the configurations of sbl, orca and compiz-fusion.

Boot options (can be entered in the startup screen) adriane Start ADRIANE (32bit) with talking text desktop knoppix Start KNOPPIX (32bit) with graphical environment knoppix64 Same as above, with 64-bit kernel (DVD version only) knoppix/adriane acpi=off noapic nolapic pci=bios ... problem solvers, if computer doesn't start knoppix testcd Check CD/DVD/flashdisk for errors knoppix tohd=/dev/sda1 Copy CD content to harddisk (sda1: 1st partition on 1st SATA harddisk) and start from there (free CD-rom drive) knoppix toram Load CD content to memory and start from there (free CD-rom drive) ADRIANE navigation in text mode CapsLock + space read current line CapsLock + arrow up read previous line CapsLock + arrow down read next line CapsLock + pageup read from beginning of page to current position CapsLock + pagedown read from here to end of page CapsLock + arrow left/right spell charwise Navigation with compiz and orca in graphics mode Super + mouse wheel Set/scale magnification Super + l Lock or release magnification area Super + m small mouse lens mouse to upper right corner window overview CapsLock + space start orca preferences Super = penguin- or "window"-key left

Micro-Remastering

Boot options like "adriane" can easily be preset by changing syslinux.cfg after having copied the CD to a bootable memorystick using "flash-knoppix":

DEFAULT auto

DEFAULT adriane

for automatically starting ADRIANE on boot. This is already default in all ADRIANE iso files.