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KNOPPIX Changelog

What's new in KNOPPIX 8.6

Aug 17, 2019
  • Updated Kernel and System software (Debian buster+sid),
  • LXDE, the lightweight Knoppix standard desktop including file manager pcmanfm 1.3.1.
  • Gnome 3 (Bootoption knoppix64 desktop=gnome).
  • KDE 5 (knoppix64 desktop=kde).
  • Accessible → Adriane Audio Desktop.
  • Wine 4.0 prerelease for directly installing and running Windows applications on Linux, also Windows 10.
  • Qemu-kvm 3.1 as scriptable virtualization solution.
  • Privacy-enhanced tor browser, upgradeable and startable via the Knoppix-menu.
  • Web-Browser Chromium 76.0.3809.87, Firefox 68.0.1 with ad blocker Ublock Origin and Noscript.
  • Libre Office 6.3.0-rc2, Gimp 2.10.8.
  • Maths/Algebra-Software for teachers, solving equations etc.: Maxima 5.42.1 with direct integration of Maxima sessions into Texmacs, creating documentation directly during live lessions.
  • 3D Productivity-Software Blender 2.79.b, Freecad 0.18, Meshlab 1.3.2, Open Scad 2015.03 (→ Bugs) for 3D Prototyping, Slic3r 1.3 for layering 3D prints.
  • Virtualization and Container functions for experimenting: "Knoppix in Knoppix - KVM" (fully virtualized), "Knoppix in Docker" (integrated 64bit Docker environment), "Knoppix in Chroot" (builds a chroot container by symlinks)
  • Video editing & Productivity: kdenlive 18.12.3, openshot 2.4.3, photofilmstrip 3.7.1, obs-studio 22.0.3
  • Mediathekview 13.2.1
  • OwnCloud 2.5.1 and NextCloud 2.5.1 Clients
  • E-Book Manager calibre 3.39.1
  • Game Engine godot3 3.0.6
  • Audio/Video transcoder: RipperX 2.8.0, Handbrake 1.2.2,
  • UpnP-Streaming: gerbera 1.1.0
  • Automatic resizing of the Overlay-Partition without Reboot (!) even after 1:1 copying to USB flash disk (see → Hybrid Partition Layout),
  • Remastering-Option when copying to USB flash disk by flash-knoppix,
  • Terminator (Terminal-Emulator with many features),
  • Support for UEFI Secure Boot

New in KNOPPIX 8.1.0 (Oct 29, 2017)

  • Version 8.1 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable (stretch), testing (buster) and unstable (sid) for newer graphics drivers or desktop software packages. It uses Linux kernel 4.12.7 and Xorg 7.7 (core 1.19.3) for supporting current computer hardware.
  • Kernel Patches: cloop, aufs, TCP Stealth.
  • Both 32bit and 64bit kernel supporting both old and new computers, the 64bit version also supporting systems with more than 4GB of RAM and chroot to 64-bit installations for system rescue tasks. The bootloader will start the 64bit kernel automatically if a 64bit-capable CPU is detected (if not manually specified otherwise).
  • For Computers that can only start from CD, not from DVD or USB flash pen, a tiny bootable CD image has been placed in the "KNOPPIX" folder, which can be burned and used together with the full USB or DVD version in order to start on old computers.
  • New in 8.1:
  • BFQ (Budget Fair Queue Scheduler), now included in the standard kernel within the multipath scheduler, austomatically activated for slow disks,
  • Kernel and system software (Debian stretch+buster) updated,
  • LibreOffice 5.4.1, Gimp 2.8.20
  • Chromium 60.0.3112.78 and Firefox (ex Iceweasel) 55 Web Browser with ublock Origin and NoScript Security-Plugin (--> Firefox no longer supports sound, check "bugs" section)
  • Automatic expansion of overlay partition on USB flash pen without reboot (!) after 1:1 copy of ISO hybrid image on USB flash pen (see New hybrid layout),
  • Personal remastering option when copying to USB flash pen using flash-knoppix
  • New programs: etherape (graphical network monitor), archivemount, terminator (terminal emulator with many features),
  • Mathematical software maxima 5.40, also integrated as live session in Texmacs,
  • New version of 3D window manager compiz 0.9.13.1,
  • LXDE (Default) with filemanager PCMANFM 1.2.5, KDE 5.8 (boot option knoppix desktop=kde), GNOME 3.24 (boot option knoppix desktop=gnome, DVD version only),
  • Wine version 2.0.0 (git) for integration of Windows (TM) based programs,
  • qemu-kvm 2.8 for (para-)virtualization.
  • electrum 2.7.9 for managing Bitcoin Wallets,
  • tiny "boot only" CD image inside the "KNOPPIX" directory for computers that can only boot from CD, but not from DVD or USB flash drive,
  • UEFI secure boot support

New in KNOPPIX 7.7.1 (Oct 27, 2016)

  • Version 7.7.1 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable (jessie), testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) for newer graphics drivers or desktop software packages. It uses Linux kernel 4.7.9 (not affected by the "Dirty Cow Bug") and xorg 7.7 (core 1.18.1) for supporting current computer hardware.
  • Kernel Patches: cloop, aufs, BFQ, TCP Stealth.
  • In addition to the 32bit standard kernel, the 64bit version of the same kernel is installed on the DVD edition, supporting systems with more than 4GB of RAM and chroot to 64-bit installations for system rescue tasks. In the DVD version, the bootloader will start the 64bit kernel automatically if a 64bit-capable CPU is detected (if not manually specified otherwise).
  • New in 7.7.1:
  • Kernel and system software (Debian Jessie+Stretch) updated,
  • New, experimental version of 3D window manager compiz 0.9.12.2,
  • LXDE (Default) with filemanager PCMANFM 1.2.4, KDE 5.7.4 (boot option knoppix desktop=kde, DVD version only), GNOME 3.22 (boot option knoppix desktop=gnome, DVD version only),
  • Wine version 1.9.20 (git) for integration of Windows (TM) based programs,
  • qemu-kvm 2.6 for (para-)virtualization.
  • ADRIANE Audio-Desktop: mpsyt Youtube (TM)-Client for console, Orca 3.20.2 for compiz,
  • electrum 2.6.4 for managing Bitcoin Wallets,
  • tiny "boot only" CD image inside the "KNOPPIX" directory for computers that can only boot from CD, but not from DVD or USB flash drive,
  • Experimental support for UEFI-Boot and Secure Boot after installation on USB flash disk.
  • Versioning: If many Knoppix-installed USB flash disks or harddisks are present, the boot system now finds the kernel-matching KNOPPIX overlay automatically -> avoids errors caused by mismatching Kernel/System/Overlay versions.
  • The live installer flash-knoppix now shows a "honest" progress bar by measuring the real space allocation during copy. Also, the syslinux-supplied master boot record is used instead of ms-sys.

New in KNOPPIX 7.4.2 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Updated Kernel (3.16.3) und xorg (core 1.16.1),
  • Security: Firefox (iceweasel 32.0.3), Chromium (37.0.2062.120), libnss3 (3.17.1) update,
  • Gnome desktop starts again using boot option knoppix desktop=gnome, if supported by graphics card,
  • Patch for the bash-Shell against the "ShellShock" bug in the environment variable parser,
  • Updated: udev -> systemd-udev (215) + dbus (1.8.8) for automatic hardware management and autostart of systemdcomponents,
  • Updated: LibreOffice (4.3.2), Gimp (2.8.14), KDE libraries (4.8.4), Network Manager (0.9.10.0-2.1), isc-dhcp Client+Server (4.3.1-2),
  • Security updates from Debian testing/updates and stable/updates.
  • New:
  • Directly start a program as process 1 instead of init via boot option knoppix init=program_name (for example, knoppix init=/bin/bash or knoppix init=vim).

New in KNOPPIX 7.4.1 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Version 7.4.1 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable (wheezy) and newer Desktop packages from Debian/testing and Debian/unstable (jessie). It uses kernel 3.15.6 and xorg 7.7 (core 1.16.0) for supporting current computer hardware.
  • In addition to the 32bit standard kernel, the 64bit version of the same kernel is installed on the DVD edition, supporting systems with more than 4GB of RAM and chroot to 64-bit installations for system rescue tasks. In the DVD version, the bootloader will start the 64bit kernel automatically if a 64bit-capable CPU is detected (if not manually specified otherwise).
  • New, experimental version of 3D window manager compiz 0.9.11.1
  • Partly integration of system start and service manager systemd, which is apparently going to be standard in the next version of Debian, with a workaoround in order to keep the quicker, script-based KNOPPIX system start with sysvinit,
  • LibreOffice 4.3.0,
  • Gimp 2.8.10,
  • Chromium 36.0.1985.103 and Firefox/Iceweasel 31.0 Web Browser with AdBlockPlus 2.6.4 and NoScript 2.6.8.38 security plugin,
  • LXDE (Default) with filemanager PCMANFM 1.2.1, KDE 4.8.4 (boot option knoppix desktop=kde, DVD version only), GNOME 3.8.4 (boot option knoppix desktop=gnome, DVD version only),
  • Wine version 1.7 (git) for integration of Windows (TM) based programs,
  • Virtualbox version 4.3.14 (DVD version only) and qemu-kvm 2.0.0 for (para-)virtualization.
  • Linux Kernel 3.15.6 with cloop and aufs.
  • Optional integration of the Tor network for anonymously surfing the web (DVD version only).
  • Easy Desktop-Export via VNC and RDP for Remote Desktop Viewing under Linux und Windows (especially interesting for teachers),
  • SAMBA network volume search & mount utility smbmount-knoppix,
  • Possibility to update an existing flashdisk installation of KNOPPIX via flash-knoppix,
  • New version of the elinks text web browser, Templates for mail configuration with mutt, automatic page orientation detection in scanning/ocr utility adriane-ocr and keyboard mailing program KARL in ADRIANE Audio-Desktop,
  • bitcoin core 0.9.2.1 for managing Bitcoin wallets (makes only sense on USB flash drives >= 32GB because of the current blockchain size),
  • added a tiny "boot only" CD image inside the "KNOPPIX" directory for computers that can only boot from CD, but not from DVD or USB flash drive (please use boot option "knoppix lang=en" if it's booting in german instead of english language by default),
  • Experimental support for UEFI-Boot after installation on USB flash disk.

New in KNOPPIX 7.4.0 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • Version 7.4.0 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable (wheezy) and newer Desktop packages from Debian/testing and Debian/unstable (jessie). It uses kernel 3.15.6 and xorg 7.7 (core 1.16.0) for supporting current computer hardware.
  • In addition to the 32bit standard kernel, the 64bit version of the same kernel is installed on the DVD edition, supporting systems with more than 4GB of RAM and chroot to 64-bit installations for system rescue tasks. In the DVD version, the bootloader will start the 64bit kernel automatically if a 64bit-capable CPU is detected (if not manually specified otherwise).
  • New, experimental version of 3D window manager compiz 0.9.11.1
  • Partly integration of system start and service manager systemd, which is apparently going to be standard in the next version of Debian, with a workaoround in order to keep the quicker, script-based KNOPPIX system start with sysvinit,
  • LibreOffice 4.3.0,
  • Gimp 2.8.10,
  • Chromium 36.0.1985.103 and Firefox/Iceweasel 31.0 Web Browser with AdBlockPlus 2.6.4 and NoScript 2.6.8.38 security plugin,
  • LXDE (Default) with filemanager PCMANFM 1.2.1, KDE 4.8.4 (boot option knoppix desktop=kde, DVD version only), GNOME 3.8.4 (boot option knoppix desktop=gnome, DVD version only),
  • Wine version 1.7 (git) for integration of Windows (TM) based programs,
  • Virtualbox version 4.3.14 (DVD version only) and qemu-kvm 2.0.0 for (para-)virtualization.
  • Linux Kernel 3.15.6 with cloop and aufs.
  • Optional integration of the Tor network for anonymously surfing the web (DVD version only).
  • Easy Desktop-Export via VNC and RDP for Remote Desktop Viewing under Linux und Windows (especially interesting for teachers),
  • SAMBA network volume search & mount utility smbmount-knoppix,
  • Possibility to update an existing flashdisk installation of KNOPPIX via flash-knoppix,
  • New version of the elinks text web browser, Templates for mail configuration with mutt, automatic page orientation detection in scanning/ocr utility adriane-ocr and keyboard mailing program KARL in ADRIANE Audio-Desktop,
  • bitcoin core 0.9.2.1 for managing Bitcoin wallets (makes only sense on USB flash drives >= 32GB because of the current blockchain size),
  • added a tiny "boot only" CD image inside the "KNOPPIX" directory for computers that can only boot from CD, but not from DVD or USB flash drive (please use boot option "knoppix lang=en" if it's booting in german instead of english language by default),
  • Experimental support for UEFI-Boot after installation on USB flash disk.