About this episode
Martin and Chris interview Klaus Knopper to discuss Knoppix, its history, and challenges in maintaining Linux distributions.
In this episode Martin and Chris talk to Klaus Knopper of Knoppix fame. For the few listeners who do not know what Knoppix is: Just listen to the episode (hint: it's one of the oldest life distros on the planet). Plus more on Linux for handicapped users. And the challenges of maintaining a distro and how to overcome them (watch out for the magic contained in this segment!). And an abbreviated history of Linux (esp. in Germany). Never mind Microsoft's dirty secrets involving Unix, Linux and some other things swept under the rug of history. Links Linux Tag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxTag Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.org Damn small Linux: https://www.damnsmalllinux.org Knoppix for Windows: https://runtime.org/data-recovery-live-cd.htm Yocto: https://www.yoctoproject.org linbo: https://github.com/linuxmuster/linuxmuster-linbo Screenreader for Blind Linux Users (SLB): https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/sbl espeak-ng: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng Adriane: https://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html Guy Fawkes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes Led Zeppelin untitled album (aka IV): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV
People in this episode
Hosts: Martin, Chris
Guest: Klaus Knopper
Topics covered
- Knoppix
- Linux distributions
- Linux for handicapped users
- history of Linux
- Microsoft and Unix
- challenges of maintaining a distro
Keywords
- Knoppix
- Linux
- distributions
- handicapped users
- Microsoft
- Unix
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Knoppix, Microsoft, Linux Tag, Damn small Linux, Yocto, linbo, Screenreader for Blind Linux Users (SLB), espeak-ng, Adriane
Books & works: Led Zeppelin untitled album (aka IV)
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