Welcome to Kanotix!
Kanotix is a rock-solid Linux based on Debian, which contains the newest packages and recognizes more modern hardware than any other operating system in use today.
Kanotix is assembled for 32 Bit i586 and for AMD 64 using the most up-to-date kernel with unique patches.
Kanotix will run as a LIVE-CD on practically any computer -- automatically detecting and configuring virtually any piece of hardware. It is ideal for analysis, data rescue, forensic work, removal of viruses on Win-PCs - or simply for safe surfing and mailing in an internet cafe. It installs to your hard drive in just a few minutes and is ideal for use on your desktop workstation or notebook, or as a server.
Have fun with Kanotix!
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 Jörg Schirottke (Kano) has released KANOTIX 2007-Thorhammer-RC7
- Kernel 2.6.24 (Ubuntu Kernel with Modifikations and some patches)
- ACPI and DMA enabled by default (can be disabled with acpi=off and nodma respectively)
- i586 optimization - not for use with older CPUs!
- 192 MB RAM required, 256 MB RAM recommended
- Acritox Installer - install program with many new functions from Andreas Loibl
- Actual Kanotix Theme from Cathbard
- Xorg 7.1.1, Beryl 0.2.0, VDR 1.5.2, ALSA 1.0.14, ndiswrapper 1.50
- aufs/ unionfs support (with aufs/unionfs cheat), GParted 0.3.3 with ntfs resize
- NTFS-3g used by default
- KDE 3.5.5a, Openoffice 2.0.4, Amarok 1.4.8, K3b 0.1.4
- Iceweasel 2.0.0.10, IceDove Mail/News Client 1.5.0.13, GIMP 2.2.13
- Automatic installation of graphic-drivers with nvidia and fglrx options
parameters are allowed for the known scripts, samples: nvidia=ar or fglrx=v:7-11
If the RC7 is not starting on your PC take the RC6C release its in the same path, the difference is the Kernel!
Hint: In order to install RC7 on sdX10 or higher you need to update installer: su; fix-unionfs; apt-get update; apt-get install acritoxinstaller expect hotfix release soon.
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 Jörg Schirottke (Kano) has released KANOTIX 2007-Thorhammer-RC6
- Kernel 2.6.22 (Ubuntu Kernel with Modifikations and some patches)
- i586 optimization - not for use with older CPUs!
- 192 MB RAM required, 256 MB RAM recommended
- Acritox Installer, install program with many new functions from Andreas Loibl
- Actual Kanotix Theme from Cathbard
- Xorg 7.1.1, Beryl 0.2.0, VDR 1.5.2, ALSA 1.0.14, ndiswrapper 1.47
- aufs/ unionfs support (with aufs/unionfs cheat), GParted 0.3.3 with ntfs resize
- NTFS-3g support
- KDE 3.5.5a, Openoffice 2.0.4, Amarok 1.4.7, K3b 0.1.3
- Iceweasel 2.0.0.6, IceDove Mail/News Client 1.5.0.12, GIMP 2.2.13
- New functions which have to be discovered ;)
Hint: If your /dev/hdX drives are running without DMA then hdX=none should be used as cheatcode. This is most often needed for motherboards based on Intel chipsets.
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 Many of us owe our working wlan-connection in Linux to the Ndiswrapper Project. As many Kanotix users use ndiswrapper and are very satisfied with it, Kano has decided to support the project with a donation of 100,- ¤. Giri, the head of the project, received the donation in the name of the Ndiswrapper Project yesterday and will use it to fund desperately needed test-hardware. He thanks Kano and the Kanotix users for this important aid. More info on the Ndiswrapper Project can be found here.
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann (slh) strives for new Challenges
For almost 3 years Stefan Lippers-Hollmann (slh) has contributed to Kanotix by being responsible for the Kanotix Repository and by making sure that practically all Debian Packages were compliantly packaged. Furthermore he optimized many things, supplied and tested kernels and also packaged FreeNX, that unfortunately was not accepted by Debian. FreeNX is after his resignment no longer in the Kanotix Repository.
Since financing Kanotix through donations has proved a failure and I am planning restructuring to a more stable base (be it Ubuntu or Debian will have to show in tests) and I myself regard Debian/Sid as unfortunately not compliant with a more commercial orientation, he has left the project.
Naturaly this is not the only reason, others can be viewed in his last statement.
In any case I am very much indebted to him - without him Kanotix would not be what it is today. I wish him lots of success with his new project, that will stay focused on Debian/Sid.
Jörg Schirottke (Kano)
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As most of you will know, Firefox & Thunderbird have been renamed in Debian due to trademark problems with Mozilla.org. Since Sunday we have Icedove in apt, which is the new name for Thunderbird. Firefox will follow soon, being named Iceweasel.
So, if you are missing Thunderbird, go to K-menu - Internet and start Icedove.
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