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Linux Professional Institute

Happy 24th Birthday to Knoppix, one of the first USB and CD bootable distros! 🎈🐧🎂

Based on Debian, is a historic part of the rise of , and a classic community favorite.

Thanks for helping shape the future of , Klaus Knopper, and the Knoppix community!

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Valen RESISTS

@LPI I remember booting Knoppix off of CD. Slow, but it worked. This was before you could boot off of USB. It was revolutionary.

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mirabilos

@valen1 @LPI and that "lawnmower" for hardware detection, which found more than ordinary to-install distros’ installers.

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Paolo Melchiorre

@LPI so many memories. 😅
The cd boot was super fast compared to the times. 💿

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